In Israel, two minors were arrested on Saturday on suspicion of participating in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl. This brings the number of arrests to four, the Israeli police have announced.
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Police say several youths were involved in gang rape in the Red Sea resort of Eilat, Israeli TV channel Channel 12. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the exact number of perpetrators was not yet clear.
Hundreds of indignant Israelis – mostly women, some members of women’s rights groups – demonstrated late Saturday in Tel Aviv and elsewhere in the country. “Rape is murder,” the protesters in Tel Aviv chanted. Other slogans were “No is no” “What part of no did you not understand?” and ‘Shame!’. The alleged gang rape is seen as one of the most shocking in Israel in years.
Police have said they will use images from security cameras to catch all of the perpetrators. She has asked all hotel employees to provide any information they have.
The girl’s lawyer said she was in a “very difficult mental state.” She and a friend had traveled to the southernmost point of Israel together. Some suspects had given her alcohol and then taken her to a room.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the alleged rape as “incomprehensible” and a “crime against humanity.”
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