The girl, who went missing, was found alive and her attackers have been arrested. The footage was sent to other mobile phones and spread rapidly before being posted online, where it went viral. Her attackers, aged between 14 and 20, filmed the vicious assault on a mobile phone.
The gang rape of the Soweto teenager, whom doctors said has the mental capacity of a four-year-old, provoked anger in South Africa. Video footage of a 17-year-old girl being gang raped has shaken South Africa, proving that the country's war against rape is far from being won.
