Brazil arrests first suspect after shocking gang-rape video

Source: AFP

May 28, 2016

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazilian police on Saturday said they had arrested the first of more than 30 suspects wanted over the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl whose attackers posted a graphic video online showing the aftermath of their brutal attack.

The arrest came as some 70 military police fanned out across a slum west of Rio de Janeiro in a huge operation to apprehend those suspected of taking part in the assault that has shocked Brazil.

The detained suspect, who was not identified, was being interrogated, said police, who vowed to bring the other alleged attackers to justice.

Social media networks erupted with outrage over the footage posted on Wednesday featuring the girl naked on a bed and the apparent attackers bragging that she had been raped by more than 30 men.

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