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Teenage girl is raped in car park | Teenage girl is raped in car park |
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A 16-year-old girl is severely traumatised after she was raped by two men in south Belfast. | A 16-year-old girl is severely traumatised after she was raped by two men in south Belfast. |
She was assaulted by the men as she waited for a taxi in the early hours of Saturday morning. | She was assaulted by the men as she waited for a taxi in the early hours of Saturday morning. |
She was standing at the car park of the Devenish Complex on Finaghy Road North at 1.30am when the men approached. | She was standing at the car park of the Devenish Complex on Finaghy Road North at 1.30am when the men approached. |
Two youths, aged 16 and 17, are being questioned in connection with the rape. It is understood they were arrested after they contacted police. | Two youths, aged 16 and 17, are being questioned in connection with the rape. It is understood they were arrested after they contacted police. |
It is understood that she managed to break free from her attackers at one point and ran off. However, they caught her again. | |
Police would like to talk to a woman in her 20s who approached the victim as she sat in a taxi outside the Devenish Complex. | |
SDLP assembly member for south Belfast Carmel Hanna condemned the attack. | SDLP assembly member for south Belfast Carmel Hanna condemned the attack. |
"This will have devastating personal consequences for this young woman - she probably thought she was perfectly safe and indeed she should have been," she said. | "This will have devastating personal consequences for this young woman - she probably thought she was perfectly safe and indeed she should have been," she said. |
The railway halt at Finaghy was closed to enable scientific officers to carry out a forensic examination of the scene. It has now been reopened. | The railway halt at Finaghy was closed to enable scientific officers to carry out a forensic examination of the scene. It has now been reopened. |
Police have appealed to anyone with information to contact them. | Police have appealed to anyone with information to contact them. |