A 13-year-old girl on the island of Lesvos reported that she was raped by two young men. Weeks later she attempted to end her life by swallowing pills and ended up in hospital. There she told her parents about the rape and they turned to the police.
She alleged that she was raped by two young men, aged 21 and 22, around the end of last August. She was afraid to speak to her parents about it. But the perpetrators had recorded the heinous crime and had also uploaded to a group on social media. The video was watched by several viewers among them also most likely members of the local community who also commented in the comments section.
The girl felt under pressure in the closed society of the island and attempted suicide last week, local media lesvosnews.net reported.
When she was discharged from the hospital she went to police together with her parents, reported what she suffered at the hands of the two young men and filed a lawsuit.
The case was forwarded to the public prosecutor of the island in the eastern Aegean Sea and from there developments are expected at the level of forensic investigation, but mainly in relation to the video and its content.
It is not clear whether the perpetrators have been identified.
However, on Monday, October 10, children charity “Smile of the Child” issued a statement saying that it had received a phone call on July 17, denouncing that the girl was possibly victim of abusive behavior by persons in her family environment, in.gr reported. Moreover, there was reference to an incident of both physical and verbal abuse towards the girl.
The next day, the charity informed the competent prosecutorial authorities of the region in writing to investigate the family’s living conditions.