Police arrest two men for raping a little girl and an old woman
The police have apprehended two men in connection with the kidnap and rape of a nine-year-old girl and a 73-year-old woman in rural France.
The two unidentified suspects were said to have abducted the little girl on Sunday while she was walking to buy bread at a local store in Villiers.
Her abduction triggered a major search by gendarmes, local police officers and people living around the area.
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Local media reporters said that Police were immediately deployed, along with a search helicopter. It didn’t take long for the missing girl to be found and taken to Poitiers University Hospital, where she is still being cared for.
Photo: Gendarmes deployed in the search for the suspects
According to reports by BBC News, the two men were driving in a stolen Citroën car on Monday when the Police arrested them. One of them is suspected of raping both the child and a 73-year-old woman.
Officials said DNA tests are now being carried out, but they are yet to release any information about the suspects.
