rio police hunt gang rape suspects
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Rio police hunt gang rape suspects

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Rio police hunt gang rape suspects

Civil Police Chief Fernando Veloso (L) and Police Chief for
RIO DE JANEIRO - Arab today

 Rio police arrested two men Monday and hunted four others in the alleged gang rape of an unconscious teenage girl that came to light in an online video that shocked Brazil.

Globo television showed footage of heavily armed police in black uniforms outside a house in a favela in the west of Rio de Janeiro, which will host the Olympics in August.

They were searching for four of the more than 30 men allegedly involved in the sex assault on the 16-year-old girl, police told a press conference.

A fifth man, who allegedly shot the rape video in which the girl is shown naked and seemingly unconscious on a bed, turned himself in, Brazilian news reports said.

A promising 20-year-old football player described as the alleged victim's boyfriend was also arrested, Globo news reported

Among those still on the wanted list was a man who grinned in a selfie taken next to the naked girl and an alleged member of the drug trafficking gangs that control swaths of Rio's poor and often lawless areas known as favelas.

Raids have been carried out in a series of favelas since the video went online Wednesday.

The alleged incident took place May 21 and it was only five days later that the girl went to the authorities, apparently because of fear of reprisals, complicating the investigation.

However, her story and the video, in which a man is heard saying that the girl has been "impregnated" by more than 30 men, shocked a city already battered by mounting crime and economic disarray less than three months ahead of the Olympics.

Rio de Janeiro state's acting governor Francisco Dornelles labeled gang rape "the most heinous of crimes."

"If it was up to me it would be punished with the death penalty," he said.

Brazil does not have the death penalty but Dornelles called for "the most violent possible" punishment.

Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff, who faces an impeachment trial, and her replacement Michel Temer, also added their condemnation.
 

'Rape proven'

Senior police officials told a press conference that there was no medical evidence to support the allegations, but that this was partly due to the time that passed before the girl went for help.

Another reason was that if the victim was unconscious, she would not have struggled.

The lead investigator, Cristina Bento, said that in any case the girl's testimony and the video already amounted to enough evidence to press charges.

"Rape is proven. What I want to prove now is the extent of the rape. Who was involved? Were there five, 10 or 30?"

The head of the civil police force, Fernando Veloso, said there is no "evidence of violence," but that "the video, in addition to the testimony of the victim, proves sexual abuse."

The firm response from officials pushed back against suggestions in the media and on social networks that the victim was not telling the truth.
Police changed the lead investigator Sunday at the request of the girl's lawyer, Eloisa Samy.

The girl, who has been moved by police to an undisclosed location, told Globo television that the investigator, Alessandro Thiers, had made her uncomfortable.

"He blamed me," she said.

"I think this is why many women don't come forward. They were trying to incriminate me, as if I were to blame for being raped."

Veloso himself told Globo television earlier that despite the apparent presence of blood in the video, "there are no traces of blood," and he criticized "the point of view that is being formed by people who have nothing to do with the video.

source : gulfnews

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

rio police hunt gang rape suspects rio police hunt gang rape suspects

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

rio police hunt gang rape suspects rio police hunt gang rape suspects

 



GMT 12:47 2016 Thursday ,01 September

'La La Land' musical masterpiece dazzles Venice film fest

GMT 12:42 2017 Monday ,20 February

Dalia al-Behairy begins 'Yawmiyat Zoga Mafrosa'

GMT 19:01 2017 Wednesday ,30 August

Oil prices down as US reels from Harvey

GMT 04:19 2017 Monday ,08 May

National forces attack mercenaries in Taiz

GMT 19:21 2017 Sunday ,07 May

Iranian Film Week opens in Baghdad

GMT 21:33 2017 Sunday ,30 July

Arab Quartet meeting kicks off in Bahrain

GMT 17:17 2016 Friday ,07 October

Aleppo bleeds as US and Russia spar

GMT 12:03 2015 Monday ,21 December

Nepal protester killed in constitutional crisis clash

GMT 09:47 2016 Thursday ,22 December

Trump vows to cut F-35 spending, as leaked memo

GMT 21:44 2017 Friday ,15 December

King establishes Hawar Development Committee

GMT 20:57 2017 Tuesday ,16 May

Naval Forces rescue 23 tourists in Hurghada

GMT 12:56 2017 Monday ,11 December

Lyon leave it late, Balotelli with Nice winner

GMT 06:18 2017 Thursday ,19 October

Russian delegation meets with Julphar chairman

GMT 21:20 2017 Monday ,23 October

Nasr, delegation of London Stock Exchange

GMT 14:40 2012 Saturday ,10 March

Magdy Al-Galad steps down

GMT 09:47 2017 Sunday ,12 March

Cat Camp in New York attracts cat lovers

GMT 14:57 2016 Friday ,09 September

Madonna, Ritchie settle child custody dispute

GMT 23:52 2017 Monday ,18 September

UAE economic growth boosting logistics sector
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday