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Ukrainian teenager dies after being gang-raped and set on fire

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Emine Dilek
WVoN co-editor 

An 18-year-old Ukrainian woman, Oksana Makar, has died after being brutally gang-raped, tortured and set on fire by three men in the southern city of Mykolayiv, Ukraine on 8 March.

The attack has been described as one of Ukraine’s most heinous crimes in recent years by the Kiev Post.

All three assailants were arrested but two who were thought to have connections with local officials, were released without charge. After a public outcry, they were re-arrested and are currently awaiting trial.

The world became aware of the horrific crime after her mother videotaped Ms Makar in her hospital bed telling the horrific story of what had happened.

She was found the morning after her attack by a stranger on an abandoned construction site where she had been left to die.

She had sustained burns to 55 per cent of her body and one of her arms and both feet had to be amputated before she died of her injuries yesterday.

In another disturbing video that was leaked to the Ukrainian media, one of the suspects was shown as calmly explaining to investigators how they raped and tried to kill the victim.

“She was wailing, waving her hands and I raped her. She did not calm down and I decided to strangle her. After that, we sat, we smoked, and then we parted.”

The shocking assault and murder has prompted Ukrainian society to confront what have become known as “bigwig crimes” committed by the children of public officials or by officials themselves.

Often the criminals are not brought to justice or are released after a brief interrogation because of their powerful high level connections to politicians, legislators or police.

If convicted, the three face between 15 years to life in jail. The brutality of the crime has restarted a public debate about the death penalty which was abolished in Ukraine over a decade ago.

  1. Oh, this is just awful. That poor girl.

  2. Some crimes are just so horrific that they beggar belief. How could this horrendous crime not go unpunished?

  3. thats crazy i would probably jump on dudes like that and beat them down into they cry for mercy i think about it like what if that was my sister that got did that way but still no one deserves to go through some like that

  4. i can just say that some human being have not evolve completely, and some parts of animal are there.

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