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'Mass rape' video on social media shocks Brazil
Source: BBC
'Mass rape' video on social media shocks Brazil
27 May 2016 Latin America and Caribbean
Brazilian police are hunting more than 30 men suspected of raping a teenage girl in Rio de Janeiro, and of putting video of the attack on social media.
The girl, 16, believes she was doped after going to her boyfriend's house on Saturday and says she woke up in a different house, surrounded by the men.
Arrest warrants have been issued, including one for the boyfriend.
The assault has provoked an online campaign against what campaigners call a culture of rape in Brazil.
Conflicting versions of the story are still coming in, but the rape is said to have taken place in a poor community in western Rio over the weekend.
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27 May 2016 Latin America and Caribbean
Brazilian police are hunting more than 30 men suspected of raping a teenage girl in Rio de Janeiro, and of putting video of the attack on social media.
The girl, 16, believes she was doped after going to her boyfriend's house on Saturday and says she woke up in a different house, surrounded by the men.
Arrest warrants have been issued, including one for the boyfriend.
The assault has provoked an online campaign against what campaigners call a culture of rape in Brazil.
Conflicting versions of the story are still coming in, but the rape is said to have taken place in a poor community in western Rio over the weekend.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36395267
