Germany: gang rape causes tension

BERLIN - Four youths suspected of gang-raping a 16-year-old schoolgirl in a Berlin park last week have been released after briefly being detained by police in a move which has fuelled anger in the German capital.

The youths, aged 13 to 15, allegedly attacked their victim as she walked home from school in the Charlottenburg district which is generally seen as safe area with low crime rates.

While allegedly gang-raping the girl, the youths are reported to have filmed the sexual attack with a mobile phone camera. 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.

"This brutal rape has shocked Germany," said a commentary in Berlin's B.Z. newspaper. Adding to the potential explosiveness of the alleged rape is the fact that the four suspects are all the children of immigrant families, while the victim is German.

The normally well-informed Bild tabloid said the suspects were two German-Turks, a German Russian and a German-Angolan.

Federal police statistics released on Monday show non-German youths under the age of 21 were twice as likely to be crime suspects last year than German nationals of the same age.

Officers in charge of the case are convinced the four youths carried out the gang the rape and DNA tests are being carried on sperm traces found on the victim.

Given the brutality of the attack, there has been anger over a decision by Berlin justice officials to order the youths be set free.

Source: Expatica (English)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It kills me to see such a fine blog with no comments.
keep up the good work Esther (Hebrew name). You should be proud of youself for being an enlightened person in a dark era.
keep the faith Esther, don't stop writing and collecting the material History is made of.
No matter how loneley it is...
Perhaps there's still hope for the people of europe, as the stuation will deteriorate even more than it is.
As a dedicate reader of the blogsphere I can hardly read all the blogs on the subject of Islam, the menace to the world - and that's a good omen for the future. This time, Technology is a serving as a shield in the face of Ignorance and indifference.
that's why no matter how far away the revolution seems, and how much ignornce and silence we face - it is important to be a part of this intellectuall effort to inform and be informed.
Thank you for being a part of it and I'll be back to read.
Amit, Israel.

Esther said...

Amit,

Thanks for the compliments :-) It makes all the difference knowing people do care.

Esther

Anonymous said...

Why has Europe kicked out these muslims?