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Prosecution of mother in South Africa who fought off her daughter’s rapists
23-5-2019
BBC published on April 2 the story of a mother from South Africa who fought off three men attempting to rape her daughter, killing one of them and seriously injuring the two others. The murder charges against the brave mother were dropped shortly under national outrage, which made her focus on ensuring the recovery of her battered daughter. The mother recounted details of the assault, saying she called the police with no answer, so she decided to help her daughter herself. She found a knife and went to face the perpetrators. She explained that she grabbed the knife first to protect herself in the dark path, when she started hearing her daughter’s screams as she approached the house. Upon entering the room, she was terrified seeing her daughter is being raped and began to scream. When the three men came charging towards her, she said she needed to defend herself as an involuntary reaction not realizing the extent of injuries they received. The mother went on to say, that when she went to the court, she was very scared, but the large public support alleviated her grief, especially after she learned that the people launched crowd funding for her legal defense. She added, that when she knew about the charges being dropped, she realized that the justice system was still able to distinguish right from wrong. (Al Diyar, May 20, 2019)
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