Arrests made in India over convent gang rapes

Four girls aged between 12 and 14 abducted from convent boarding house and raped in the forest by men armed with knives.

Indian police have arrested eight suspects over the gang-rape of four schoolgirls abducted from their convent boarding house in the country's east, officials say.

The suspects, armed with knives, were arrested on Tuesday.

They barged into the hostel on Sunday night and kidnapped the girls aged between 12 and 14, before assaulting them in a nearby forest in the tribal state of Jharkhand, a police officer said.

"We have made some arrests and we are interrogating eight persons accused in the case," Y S Ramesh, a police superintendent, told the AFP news agency.

"These girls are shocked and frightened after the incident," he said, adding that police would press for a speedy trial if the men were charged over the crime.

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