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.
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.
