- Multiple rape reported by a teenage girl causes a commotion in Israel
Seven minors have been arrested this Sunday in Israel on suspicion of having taken part in an alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl in which about 30 young people have participated, which has outraged the country and provoked strong rejection.
The minors were arrested this morning as part of the ongoing investigation, and "are being interrogated," according to a police spokesman, who specified that there are already ten people arrested.
The incident took place in the middle of this month, when the young woman visited the resort city of Eilat, on the shores of the Red Sea, with a friend, and later reported having been raped by a large group of men while under the influence of alcohol. . As one of the suspects later testified, a long line of men lined up outside a hotel room and entered one by one to have sex with her.
The number of people involved - around thirty - generated a great social and media stir, and last Thursday it provoked demonstrations in different parts of the country . The largest was in Tel Aviv, where more than a thousand people gathered in the center of the city to show solidarity with the victim and demand stronger policies against sexual violence.
The controversy over the case also generated the condemnation of the authorities. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured that it was not "just a crime against the young woman, but a crime against humanity," and called for those responsible to be brought to justice.
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