May 16, 2006
Cameraphone video of gang rape erased - suspects go free
Four youths suspected of gang-raping a 16-year-old schoolgirl in a Berlin park last week and filming the the sexual attack with cameraphone have been released, fuelling anger in the German capital, reports Antara News.
"The youths, aged 13 to 15, allegedly attacked their victim as she walked home from school.
While allegedly gang-raping the girl, the youths are reported to have filmed the sexual attack with a cameraphones. Media reports say the four later boasted about the rape to other school children and sent copies of the video to friends.
Police who detained the four earlier this week have so far not found any film footage of the alleged rape. There is suspicion the video pictures may have been erased and mobile phones of the suspects are being analysed by experts in a bid to retrieve any pictures."
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