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Jordan horror: Teen gives birth after rape by father, brother
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Thursday, 13 March 2014
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AMMAN: Jordanian
prosecutors on Wednesday charged a teenage girl’s 40-year-old father and
16-year-old brother with rape after she gave birth to a baby girl, a judicial
official said.
The 17-year-old girl gave birth last month at a hospital in Amman. "She
said that her father and her brother repeatedly raped her," the official
told AFP.
The two suspects confessed to the crime. DNA tests proved that the baby
girl was the daughter of the victim's brother.
The suspects face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Official statistics last year showed that one-third of Jordan's three million schoolchildren had suffered sexual abuse and around 80 percent had experienced some form of physical violence.
The suspects face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Official statistics last year showed that one-third of Jordan's three million schoolchildren had suffered sexual abuse and around 80 percent had experienced some form of physical violence.
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