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Swedish teen held for child rape

Published: 6 Jun 12 15:09 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/41280/20120606/

An 18-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of having raped two ten-year-old girls at a school in western Sweden on Monday afternoon.

The teenager was arrested at his high school in Stenungsund on Tuesday.

Police have classified the suspected offence as child rape but have otherwise released few details concerning the case.

"We have seized a number of items and interviews have been conducted with the girls," said police spokesperson Ulla Brehm to the GT.se news-site on Wednesday.

Brehm added that the girls, reported to be ten-years-old, were "feeling well under the circumstances" and that they did not sustain any physical injury.

The alleged attack took place on Monday afternoon after the school had closed for the day.

The school reacted to the news by deploying extra staff resources on Tuesday, with the school health authorities involved together with a psychologist.

According to local news-site, nyhetersto.se, the school playground bore little resemblance to a crime scene on Tuesday.

"We are having a regular school day, school is not cordoned off and there is calm. We try to be there for all children if they have questions," Agneta Ströberg at the school said.

According to nyhetersto.se the 18-year-old was collected in his classroom by uniformed police later on Tuesday.

Following an interrogation he was notified of the suspicions of child rape.

Items found at the alleged crime scene have been seized and sent for forensic examination.

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17:32 June 6, 2012 by gpafledthis
If you wanted to sear this into the girls' memory this the way it's done !! IDIOTS
18:23 June 6, 2012 by kirub
This is asking for honor killing.
21:53 June 6, 2012 by dizzymoe33
"No physical damage"?! What they were rapped!! That act alone is a physical injury/damage let alone the psychological damage!
01:18 June 7, 2012 by Da Goat
At least one of his heads is pretty small, LOL

Being Rapped is fun, raped is a bit different, especially in Sweden where the term is used so loosely as to be not very useful any-more. (e.g did he just poke his finger at them or did he go the whole way?)
07:17 June 7, 2012 by shaken not stirred
Is this part of the sex education curriculum?
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