http://www.samaa.tv/News8178-Armed_men_gang_rape_14year_old_girl_in_Peshawar.aspx Armed men gang rape 14-year old girl in Peshawar
Upadated on: 19 Apr 09 11:46 AM
PESHAWAR: As if blowing up girls' school wasn't enough unkown gunmen gang raped a 14-year old girl in Hatkal Sunday. This is the second incident of torture of a young woman after President Zaradri signed a peace deal with the Taliban for establishing peace in the Swat Valley.
SAMAA's Kashifuddin Syed reporting told that around 20-25 armed men with their faces covered, entered a house and made a family hostage. They escaped after robbing the family of jewelry and prize bonds and as an after thought even gang raped a 14-year old girl of the house.
The girl's father has registered a case and an FIR has been lodged against the culprits.
To a question the father of the gilr replied, "We will stay here till the case is decided and the culprits are brought to justice."
However, when Kashifuddin Syed asked a police official to comment on the incident, he disclosed that the family had changed their statement twice and had refused to lodge an FIR initially.
The official disclosed that the girl has been sent for a medical checkup and a Sub-inspector has been sent along with the family members who have gone to the doctor with her.
"The results will be disclosed to the media as soon as we get the report," said the police official.
Earlier this month, a video showing a teenage girl being flogged by Taliban fighters had emerged from the Swat Valley, offering a shocking glimpse of militant brutality in the once-peaceful district, and a sign of Taliban influence spreading deeper into the country.
The two-minute video, shot using a mobile phone, shows a burka-clad woman face down on the ground. Two men hold her arms and feet while a third, a black-turbaned fighter with a flowing beard, whipped her repeatedly.
After 34 lashes the punishment stops and the wailing woman is led into a stone building, trailed by a Kalashnikov-carrying militant.
This is the second incident on a young female, albeit a sexual one.
FRIGHTENING
Escalating violence by militants and the consolidation of their grip in some places, and infiltration into others, have raised fears about the spread of Taliban influence.
What the government will do about incidents such as these is as good a guess as anybody's. -SAMAA
