Italy’s deputy PM calls for chemical castration for attackers
- She was sexually assaulted in Catania, Sicily, round 7.30pm on January 30
Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister has demanded chemical castration for the attackers who allegedly gang-raped a teenage lady in public bathrooms.
Matteo Salvini mentioned the lady was ‘raped by a gang of seven Egyptians’ and that there can ‘solely be one remedy: chemical castration’, for which his Lega occasion will quickly current a proposal.
Another member of his occasion, MEP Annalisa Tardino, added: ‘We stay agency in the concept that chemical castration is required for rapists and paedophiles, life imprisonment for comparable episodes, in addition to better safety in our cities.’
The lady, 13, was sexually assaulted within the Villa Bellini park in Catania, Sicily, round 7.30pm on January 30 whereas on a stroll together with her 17-year-old boyfriend.
A gaggle of younger Egyptian males aged 15 to 19 compelled the lady and her boyfriend right into a public rest room, the place a few of them held the boyfriend again whereas two others allegedly gang-raped the lady.
The seven male suspects – three of them nonetheless minors – allegedly entered Italy illegally between November 2021 and March 2023 as ‘unaccompanied minors’, La Repubblica stories.
Tardino known as for the suspects to be ‘repatriated instantly’. ‘In Egypt they’d by no means have allowed such behaviour. The security of our youngsters have to be a precedence all through,’ she added.
The lady, 13, was sexually assaulted within the Villa Bellini park in Catania, Sicily, round 7.30pm on January 30 whereas on a stroll together with her 17-year-old boyfriend (pictured: the general public rest room the place she was raped)
A gaggle of younger males compelled the lady and her boyfriend right into a public rest room (pictured), the place a few of them held the boyfriend again whereas two others gang-raped the lady
Matteo Salvini (pictured) mentioned the lady was ‘raped by a gang of seven Egyptians’ and that there can ‘solely be one remedy: chemical castration’, the Sun stories
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni – who was in Catania on a pre-arranged go to on the weekend – mentioned she was shocked concerning the rape. She expressed her sympathies for the sufferer and her household and promised that ‘justice will likely be achieved’.
The lady mentioned that two of the accused grabbed her whereas the others grabbed her boyfriend.
‘And they took us to the loos of the villa. It was a nightmare, there was nobody there at the moment,’ the lady instructed La Repubblica.
She mentioned she was making an attempt to free herself, as was her boyfriend, however they could not overpower the seven youngsters.
Two of them allegedly raped her whereas the others watched. She mentioned: ‘And they compelled my boyfriend to look at too.’
‘He was screaming, he was determined. I mentioned: “I beg you, I beg you, don’t hurt me, let me go.’
The rape went on for 30 minutes until the couple could finally break free and escape. They immediately alerted the Carabinieri, who managed to catch the group within 24 hours.
The victim has identified the two underage alleged perpetrators of the rape, police said yesterday.
The rape in the public toilet (pictured) went on for 30 minutes until the couple could finally break free and escape. They immediately alerted the Carabinieri, who managed to catch the group within 24 hours
The girl was raped around 7.30pm on January 30 in the Villa Bellini park in Catania, Sicily (pictured)
One of them is said to be one of the rapists while the other was one of the boys who watched and held back the girl’s boyfriend.
DNA evidence successfully linked one of the three minors to the rape, the prosecutor confirmed.
While the lady might reportedly solely determine two of the attackers out of concern of accusing an harmless particular person, her boyfriend recognized the opposite 5, Corriere stories.
According to the Catania prosecutor’s office, the seven suspects are accused of gang sexual violence.
Two of the suspects – one of them the group’s oldest at 19 – have reportedly been helping with the investigation. Both say they were watching the attack but claim they did not rape the girl.
Four adults have been arrested, while the three minors are detained at the Precautionary First Reception Center in Catania.
One of the minors tried to escape, but was caught when he returned home to grab some clothes, according to La Repubblica.
