Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the sickening gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in a wooded area in Belgium by ten other minors.
The girl, who remains unidentified for privacy reasons, was allegedly lured into a wooded area called Kabouterbos in Kortrijk, by her teenage boyfriend over the Easter school break.
Upon enticing her into the forest the boyfriend is said to have attacked his young partner before allegedly allowing several other boys to sexually assault her as well. Reports said the group filmed the attack on their smartphones and posted clips to social media.
Prosecutors have arrested ten suspected perpetrators aged between 11 and 16 and hauled them in for questioning, according to local reports.
Belgian outlet Nieuwsblad said the suspects were 'believed to be young people of immigrant origin'. It added that six of the suspects had been placed in a closed institution, while the other four were placed under house arrest.
The girl is thought to have spent two days in the forest where she was raped at least twice and tormented and abused by the gang of minors.
The group took turns abusing the victim, and all participated 'to a greater or lesser extent,' Nieuwsblad said in its report.
None of the group urged their friends to stop the abuse, it added.
Tom Janssens of the Public Prosecutor's Office said that on account of the age of all those involved, little is being said publicly on their identity.
He did confirm that ten suspects had been identified and arrested, and that all were minors. 'Because the perpetrators are so young, we are not releasing much information about their identity,' Janssens told The Brussels Times.
The six minors placed in an institution were set to appear in juvenile court on Wednesday afternoon. It is understood that one of those six minors - a thirteen-year-old - has already been released on conditions.
The investigation will now work to establish to what extent each suspect was involved in the assault on the 14-year-old girl, or if any were bystanders.
Gang-rape horror of 14-year-old girl - 'organised by her boyfriend'
The girl, who remains unidentified for privacy reasons, was allegedly lured into a wooded area in Kortrijk, West Flanders, by her teenage boyfriend over the Easter school break
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