Five teenagers have been arrested in Belgium over the alleged gang r.a.p.e of a 14-year-old girl who killed herself days after the attack.
Images of the
assault in the city of Ghent were shared online, Belgian media reports.
The teenage
victim, from Gavere, went to meet a friend in the Westerbegraafplaats cemetery
in Ghent on May 15.
But four
other people lay in wait and allegedly gang-r.a.p.e.d.her before sharing photos
and videos online.
Four days
later, the teenage victim killed herself.
A vigil is
being held this evening which is being attended by the Belgian Prime Minister
Alexander De Croo, reports Het Laatste Nieuws.
Her father
told Flemish newspaper Het Nieuwsblad: “The images were the last straw for her…
her entire world collapsed.”
Her family
were later told about the gang-rape by one of the girl’s friends.
Police
identified the five alleged offenders after analysing the social media images.
The suspects
are three minors aged 14 and 15 and two adults aged 18 and 19.
Two of the
minors are reportedly brothers.
The five
alleged attackers, all believed to be from Ghent, have reportedly been arrested
by police for rape, indecent assault and the taking and dissemination of
photographs likely to constitute an attack on the integrity of a person.
Mayor of
Gavere Denis Dierick said he knew the victim “very well’ and described her
death as “pure horror” and “an inhuman tragedy”.
Some of the
suspects are believed to have already been known to police.
The
prosecution have only confirmed that the five young people are suspected of
“events that occurred shortly before the victim’s death”.
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