A 17-year-old suspect was arrested on Tuesday morning for the alleged rape of a 12-year-old Grade 7 learner who was allegedly raped after being sent home from school for not having a face mask.
“It is alleged that yesterday at 8am, a 12-year-old girl was raped by an unknown suspect while at Mahohoho area in Donnybrook,” Mbele said.The KwaZulu-Natal department of education has said that it was disturbed by the incident of the alleged rape of a Grade 7 learner. At the screening point at the school premises, the learner was then sent back home, the department said.
The learner reported that she had been raped when she returned to school and then the principal took her to the clinic and the matter was reported to the police, the department said.
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