Belgian teenager raped by minor after being lured into forest; The youngest perpetrator is 11 years old

The alleged rapists are between 11 and 16 years old.

In a disturbing case that has sparked outrage across Belgium, a 14-year-old girl was raped in a forest by ten of her boyfriend’s friends. According to the Brussels times, All ten defendants are believed to be minors between the ages of 11 and 16. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the girl was abused up to three times by ten minors during the Easter holidays between April 2nd and 6th.

The girl, whose name has not been released for privacy reasons, was allegedly lured by her teenage boyfriend to a wooded area called Kabouterbos in Kortrijk, West Flanders (five miles from the French border) during the Easter holidays. She was abused by several of his friends. According to some sources, she was held there for two days. The group also filmed the attack on their smartphones and posted clips on social media.

The group took turns abusing the victim and everyone participated “to a greater or lesser extent,” according to a Belgian media New page said in his report. None of the group urged their friends to stop the abuse, sources said.

The medium also reported that the suspects were probably young people with a migrant background. While six of the suspects were housed in a closed institution, the other four were under house arrest.

Tom Janssens from the West Flemish public prosecutor’s office told VRT News: “The youngest suspect is 11 years old. Because the suspects are so young, we don’t release much information. However, they have all been identified and arrested and action has been taken.” Our attention is now primarily on the victim.

Meanwhile, the victim receives expert care and advice after his ordeal.

The investigation should now clarify to what extent the individual suspects were involved in the attack on the 14-year-old girl or whether they were bystanders.

The case in Belgium came three years after another similarly horrific incident that shocked the country, when a 14-year-old girl was raped by a group of young men in a cemetery in Ghent, East Flanders.