Friday, March 18, 2011

Vietnam charges 8 teens with gang rape

HANOI - VIETNAMESE state media say police have accused eight teenagers of using the Internet to lure women into Hanoi hotel rooms where they were gang raped and robbed.

The Dan Viet online newspaper says the group was led by a 14-year-old girl. It says the girl, her 19-year-old boyfriend and six other boys are charged with gang raping three females aged 15 to 24 in separate incidents over five days last July.

The online newspaper also says they are charged with stealing motorcycles, mobile phones, money and jewellry from the victims.

The paper said on Friday that police have handed the case to prosecutors.

Source: ST Online/AP

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