14 years old rape victim dies – 3 in police net

Report from Kailahun, Eastern Sierra Leone, reveals that a fourteen-year-old girl has died after being allegedly gang raped and assaulted by three suspects who are now in custody helping the police in their investigation.

Sources from the Criminal Investigation Department state that on the 31^st August this year, the victim and her father reported the matter to the police while the victim was groaning with abdominal pain of which she later died in the Kailahun Government Hospital.

The three apprehended and detained suspects are reported to be residents of Luawa Chiefdom.

Sierra Leone is now experiencing a very alarming rate of horrendous crimes against women and girls many of whom have lost their precious lives to domestic violence, rape and other forms of violations, a situation that warrants tougher action by government and other concerned agencies to combat the social menace.

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