(Donetsk, Ukraine) Sadly, 18-year-old Oksana Makar has died from her burns and damaged lungs. A video at the link shows some of Oksana's last moments.
Brutal Gang-Rape in Ukraine
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(Mykolayiv, Ukraine) On March 10, an 18-year-old local woman, Oksana Makar, was found in a pit at a construction site after reportedly being gang-raped, choked and set on fire by three men, sons of government functionaries. Oksana Makar was found barely alive. She may not survive.
Doctors say that 55 percent of her skin is gone, and her kidneys are burned completely.Joining the angry protest, members of the women's rights group Femen took their shirts off for a loud display outside the state prosecutor's office in Kiev.
One arm and two feet had to be amputated soon after she got to the hospital.
The suspects were arrested on the same day. But by the moment Makar went into the surgery room, two of the suspects were already walking free.
Nataliya Abramova, a spokeswoman for Mykolayiv’s prosecutor office, said local officials did not have enough evidence to hold them in detention.
“They were classified as witnesses. The third one is a suspect,” she said.
In the meantime, the victim was not even questioned by the prosecutors, who kept repeating that she is unconscious, despite her mother’s statements that she is awake and talking.
Local media organizations found that the two people released, aged 21 and 23, are sons of local ex-officials. The news of them walking free, despite the gravity of crime they allegedly committed, caused an explosion of public anger.
Their photos and personal details were posted and reposted in social networks, along with threats and angry outcries.
Due to the public outrage, the three suspects were arrested again on attempted murder charges and Ukrainian President Yanukovych ordered a special prosecutor to oversee the case.
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