Print page Email this Permalink By Europe correspondent Rachael Brown Updated March 30, 2012 09:31:10 An 18-year-old Ukrainian woman has died in hospital weeks after being brutally raped, in a case that has sparked a campaign against political corruption.Oksana Makar was attacked by three men earlier this month in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv.They raped >>>

Tragic Oksana Makar dies from severe burns and lung damageMedics had amputated one of her arms and both her legs to keep her aliveHer rape attack caused nationwide protests in Ukraine against police corruptionPolice initially released two suspects accused of savage attack By Simon Tomlinson, Jill Reilly and Chris Parsons PUBLISHED: 10:33 GMT, 29 March 2012 | UPDATED: 17:43 GMT, 29 March 2012 A Ukrainian teen who was gang-raped, dumped in a ditch and set on fire has died days after she posted a tragic online video revealing her ordeal.Oksana Makar bravely told from her hospital bed >>>

After undergoing one of the worst atrocities anyone could imagine earlier this month, young, innocent Oksana Makar died. The Ukrainian girl passed away on Thursday due to injuries from her traumatic attack, according to BBC News. She had been invited to an apartment, raped by three men, and then strangled. She was then set on fire and left to die at an abandoned construction site. Her mother had posted a video of her in the hospital, which drove a lot of media and public attention to the case. There have been protests in several Ukrainian cities, with topless women's rights supporters >>>

DONETSK, Ukraine – (AFP) – An 18-year old Ukrainian girl died Thursday almost three weeks after suffering a gang rape attack by youths which shocked the nation and raised new doubts about the competence of its police. Oksana Makar was raped by three young men in their early 20s, strangled, burned alive and then left for deView Postad in the attack in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv, investigators have said. The victim was found by a passer-by after she was dumped by her attackers at an abandoned construction site. She was hospitalised with 55 percent burns in a critical condition, >>>

An 18-year old Ukrainian girl died Thursday almost three weeks after suffering a gang rape attack by youths which shocked the nation and raised new doubts about the competence of its police. Oksana Makar was raped by three young men in their early 20s, strangled, burned alive and then left for dead in the attack in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv, investigators have said. The victim was found by a passer-by after she was dumped by her attackers at an abandoned construction site. She was hospitalized with 55 percent burns in a critical condition, requiring the amputation of one of >>>

Eighteen year old Oksana Makar died Thursday two weeks after her horrific gang rape caused nationwide protests in Ukraine over corruption and elitism of the wealthy. Makar was raped by three men on March 9 in Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine. In order to cover up their crimes, the three men strangled her, took her to an abandoned construction site and set her on fire. A passerby found her the next morning barely alive. She had burns on over 55 percent of her body and severe damage to her lungs. Doctors had to amputate her feet, a leg and her right arm to stop gangrene. She died Thursday in a specialist >>>

2012-03-29 16:00 Donetsk – Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych sent condolences to the relatives of a teenage girl who died on Thursday after suffering a gang rape attack while Prime Minister Mykola Azarov vowed that the attackers would be punished "without compromise"."Millions of Ukrainians believed that Oksana [Makar] would survive and prayed for her, offering blood, buying medicine," Azarov said. "Everyone wants that >>>

DONETSK - An 18-year-old Ukrainian girl died Thursday almost three weeks after suffering a gang rape attack by youths which shocked the nation and raised new doubts about the competence of its police.Oksana Makar was raped by three young men in their early 20s, strangled, burned alive and then left for dead in the attack in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv, investigators have said.The victim was found by a passerby after she was dumped by her attackers at an abandoned construction site. She was hospitalized with 55 per cent burns in a critical condition, requiring the amputation of one >>>

March 29 2012 at 03:12pm Comment on this story REUTERS Femen demanded tough punishment for three men accused of raping a woman Oksana Makar, strangling her and setting her on fire in the Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv. Ukrainian >>>

KYIV — An 18-year old Ukrainian girl died Thursday almost three weeks after suffering a gang rape attack by youths which has become one of the country's most notorious crimes of recent years.Oksana Makar was raped by three young men, strangled, burned alive and then left for dead in the attack in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv on March 10, prosecutors have said.The victim was found by a passer-by after she was dumped by her attackers, reportedly at a construction site. She was hospitalized with 55 per cent burns in a critical condition which forced the amputation of her feet, an >>>