Another arrest in Krugersdorp gang rape case

JOHANNESBURG - Police Minister Bheki Cele has confirmed that police have made another arrest in the Krugersdorp gang rape case.

Eight women were gang raped in July while filming a music video at a disused mine on Johannesburg's West Rand.

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This brings to 15 the number of people arrested.

They face charges including multiple counts of rape, robbery with aggravated circumstances and being in the country illegally.

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Cele says some of the suspects have been positively identified.

“Fourteen people have appeared in court. I must reveal that somebody else on the organiser's side has been arrested," Cele said.

"Those people were positively identified by the victims, that investigation is going on.”