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Madura Police nab 5 for gang rape of schoolgirl
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olice have arrested five men on suspicion of raping a 13-year-old junior high school student in Pamekasan regency on the island of Madura in East Java.
Pamekasan Police detective chief Corm. Bambang Hermanto said the police had received a report from the victim’s parents on June 20.
“We followed up the report by arresting five culprits and naming them suspects,” Bambang said as quoted by kompas.com on Friday.
Those suspects, known by their initials, namely MA, 23, RW, 22, ML, 20, AM, 22, and MR, 18, are now being detained at Pamekasan detention center. Police are still hunting down another suspect, IR, 20, who remains at large.
The victim reportedly sustained psychological trauma in the gang rape, which reportedly occurred on June 11. (dmr)
