TRAGIC: You Would Be Shocked To Know What Happened To This Nine-Year-Old Rape Victim (PHOTO)

The Western Cape police authorities have revealed that the nine-year-old girl, who was set alight after being raped in Delft, Cape Town, three months ago, has died on Tuesday.

 * The late rape victim on hospital bed
According to the spokesman Captain FC van Wyk, the girl died on Tuesday morning at the Red Cross Children's Hospital, where she had been receiving treatment.

It could be recalled that the deceased was found by relatives after a 27-year-old man allegedly raped her then set her alight in bushes along the R300 highway.

However, the accused man abandoned his bail application during his last appearance in the Bellville Magistrate's Court in January.

He faces charges of rape, sexual assault, abduction and attempted murder, and is expected back in court on March 27.

The National Prosecuting Authority said the man could not be identified as he had not yet pleaded.