Rape victim dies two weeks after brutal attack

By The Newsroom
Published 30th Mar 2012, 04:27 BST
An 18-YEAR-OLD Ukranian woman has died two weeks after her rape set off protests across the country against corruption.

Prosecutors said Oksana Makar was raped by three young men on 9 March in Mykolaiv.

The men then tried to cover up their crime by strangling her, dumping her naked body at an abandoned construction site and setting her on fire.

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Ukrainians were outraged after police released two of the suspects who had powerful connections in the region.

Their release led to nationwide protests, which prompted the authorities to re-arrest the two suspects. An interior ministry spokesperson said yesterday that after Ms Makar’s death all three suspects were charged with murder in addition to rape.