Dodoma police commander transferred for linking Tanzania gang-rape victim to sex work

The commander was widely criticised after linking the alleged victim of a gang rape to sex work.

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Earlier this month, a video appearing to show a young woman being assaulted went viral, prompting an outcry in the East African nation.

Four men on Monday denied charges over the alleged attack.

On Sunday, the police commander in the capital, Dodoma, was quoted in a Tanzanian newspaper as saying the "woman in question appeared to be engaged in sex work".

Following a backlash and accusations that the comment minimised the woman's ordeal, Tanzania's national police force apologised and said the commander had been transferred.

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