A total of 14 suspects have now been charged for the gang rape of eight women who were assaulted while filming a music video at an abandoned mine in South Africa last month.
The youngest suspect is 16, prosecutors say, and has been taken to a juvenile facility to be tried separately from his adult co-accused.
The gang rape victims pointed out their alleged attackers during an identity parade earlier this week.
The accused were initially charged for contravening South Africa’s immigration laws, but are now facing additional charges including multiple counts of rape and robbery with aggregated circumstances.
The National Prosecuting Authority has said it has “established prospects of a successful prosecution against the fourteen suspects”.
The trial has been postponed to 28 August for further investigations.
News of the gang rape sent shock waves across the country and sparked violent protests, in which men suspected of being illegal miners were targeted in the west of Johannesburg.
Some of their homes were set alight.
