Girl who survived brutal attack, dies

Johannesburg – The 9-year-old girl who was set alight after being raped in Delft, Cape Town, three months ago, has died, Western Cape police said on Tuesday. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said the girl died on Tuesday morning at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, where she had been receiving treatment.

The girl was found by relatives after a 27-year-old man allegedly raped her then set her alight in bushes along the R300 highway….