Pregnant woman gang-raped by 5 men in Jawzjan province
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A pregnant woman has been gang-raped by a group of five men in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, local officials said Monday.
Provincial police chief Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani said the incident took place around two days ago in Shebarghan city of Jawzjan.
Jawzjani further added that two individuals have been nabbed
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in connection to the gang-rape of the women and are currently in police custody for further investigation.
In the meantime, the relatives of the victim have said that the men had initially tortured her and a number of her teeth have been broken after she was beaten.
The victim called on the relevant security and judiciary institutions to take an immediate action in trying the perpetrators and warned that she would commit suicide if the authorities remained reckless.
This comes incidents involving rape of women and kiddies have been rampant across the country during the recent months specifically in Northern provinces.
At least four rape cases were reported in northern Jawzjan province last month which also included an incident where a teenager girl was raped by her brother.
Posted by: Fred 2015-02-10 |