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A 16-year-old suspect was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl who had been swimming in a dam in Booysen Park in Bethelsdorp, Port Elizabeth.
The teenager was arrested by the Nelson Mandela Bay District Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit with the assistance of the Bethelsdorp police.
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According to police spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni, the girl was swimming with friends in a local dam on Saturday, 9 January at approximately 14:00. When she got out of the water to change, she was approached by two males who forced her into the bushes and raped her. The victim s friends informed her mother and a case of rape was opened.