Residents call for punishing perpetrator | Public anger grows in Al-Bab city for second consecutive day over raping little girl

SOHR activists have reported that tens of residents have staged protests for the second consecutive day in front of the military police headquarters and the Centre roundabout in Al-Bab city in the eastern countryside of Aleppo. The protestors called for punishing the man who raped a girl in the city on May 25 and expressed their rejection of attempts by some influential figures in Al-Bab city to tamper with the outcomes of investigations, after receiving large sums of money in return for circulating false information that may acquit the “criminal” from this crime.

 

Yesterday, SOHR activists reported that a 12-year-old girl displaced from Palmyra city in eastern Homs countryside was raped by a person in Al-Bab city in the eastern countryside of Aleppo.

 

A large number of gunmen from Palmyra city were deployed in front of the “military police” headquarters, threatening to escalate the situation, unless the criminal was held accountable.

 

According to Syrian Observatory activists, a restaurateur in Al-Bab city lured the little girl to an abandoned building near his restaurant and raped her on May 25. The man was caught in a flagrante delicto. However, influential figures attempted to circulate false information, after receiving money, to change the facts and acquit the criminal, as they claimed that the little girl had been caught by the owner of the restaurant for robbery.