{"id":102696,"date":"2025-01-04T14:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T12:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-men-gang-rape-13-year-old-girl-on-christmas-day"},"modified":"2025-01-04T16:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T14:53:14","slug":"two-men-gang-rape-13-year-old-girl-on-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-men-gang-rape-13-year-old-girl-on-christmas-day","title":{"rendered":"Two Men Gang-Rape 13-Year-Old Girl On Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Two men, aged 18 and 19, were recently brought before the Chiredzi Magistrates Court, facing charges of gang-raping a 13-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the two accused encountered the victim on a pathway in ARDA Boost, Triangle, as she was walking home on Christmas Day. The NPA said:<\/p>\n<p>Two adult men (18 and 19) and a 16 year-old boy appeared before the Chiredzi Magistrates Court for gang-raping a 13 year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>The State alleges that the accused persons met the complainant on a pathway in ARDA Boost, Triangle while she was walking home on Christmas day.<\/p>\n<p>The first accused person tripped the complainant to the ground where they took turns to rape her<\/p>\n<p>The accused persons were remanded in custody to the 13th of January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate case, a 42-year-old man from Triangle appeared in court facing charges of rape for allegedly assaulting a 13-year-old girl last month. The NPA said:<\/p>\n<p>A 42 year-old man from Triangle was brought before the Chiredzi Magistrates\u2019 Court on rape charges.<\/p>\n<p>It is the State\u2019s case that the 13-year-old complainant was home alone in the afternoon of 14 December 2024, when the accused person went into the house and found her sleeping. He lifted her skirt and she woke up.<\/p>\n<p>He threatened to kill her if she made any noise or fought back, before he raped her. The complainant narrated her ordeal to her mother, who made a police report.<\/p>\n<p>The accused person was remanded in custody to the 13th of January 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Two men, aged 18 and 19, were recently brought before the Chiredzi Magistrates Court, facing charges of gang-raping a 13-year-old girl. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the two accused encountered the victim on a pathway in ARDA Boost, Triangle, as she was walking home on Christmas Day. 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