Brazilian police after ganga that raped teen in Rio
Brazilians protest in front of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (ALERJ) on May 27, 2016, against a gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl. Brazilian police on Friday were investigating the gang-rape of a teenage girl whose attackers boasted about it by posting an online video of her that has horrified the country. PHOTO | AFP
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Police have identified four of the men suspected of taking a part in the rape or the posting of the video, Rio police chief Fernando Veloso said.
Brazil’s acting president Michel Temer and other senior figures reacted with outrage.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Saturday
Brazilian police are investigating the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl whose attackers boasted about in an online video that has horrified the world.
Online social networks erupted with outrage over the video posted on Wednesday featuring the girl naked on a bed and the apparent rapists bragging that she had been raped by more than 30 men.
They are suspected of assaulting her in Rio de Janeiro, a city stricken by crime and which will host the Olympic Games in August.
The authorities have promised to bring the men to justice.
“Those who committed this crime will be found, condemned and imprisoned,” Justice Minister Alexandre de Morais told a news conference.
Police have identified four of the men suspected of taking a part in the rape or the posting of the video, Rio police chief Fernando Veloso said.
“We cannot say if there were 30 attackers, 33 or 36. The investigations will determine that,” he said.
Brazil’s acting president Michel Temer and other senior figures reacted with outrage.
“I condemn most forcefully the rape of the teenager,” he wrote on Twitter. “It is absurd that in the 21st century, we should have to live with barbaric crimes such as this.”
He added that authorities were working to find those responsible and punish them.
