Teenage boys rape 13-year-old in Zurich, film act on cellphone

November 17, 2006



A group of 13 teenage boys raped a 13-year old school girl in last weekend, reports the website of the German language newspaper . The report says that the girl was raped repeatedly and the act was filmed on.

Six of the suspects are Swiss nationals, two come from, one comes from , two from the , one from the and one from. All live in Zurich.

All the suspects were arrested on Thursday. Police secured 3 mobile phones. Police say that securing the phones ensures the movies don't get published on the Internet and cannot spark potential copycat acts.

The alleged act took place in the flat of an 18-year-old colleague of a 15-year-old friend of the victim. The victim and four of the arrested suspects attend the same school Schulhaus Buhnrain in Zurich Seebach.

According to 20 Minuten, the families of the perpetrators have now massively threatened the victim.

Verena Lang Temperli, a school official, told 20 Minuten that this case is a problem of society itself, not a problem of the school.