Minor suspected of raping 12-year-old girl in France, Portuguese

One of the young men suspected of raping a 12-year-old girl in Courbevoie, France, is a Portuguese minor. This was reported by some French media, including Le Figaro And Europe 1. The Nanterre prosecutor’s office has already launched an investigation into this case.

In accordance with Europe 1, Sources close to the case said the boy, also 12, is a Christian and had recently converted to Islam and was primarily responsible for the attack. According to the same source, the young man had a relationship with the victim and at the beginning of the relationship, the Jewish girl decided to hide her religion from him, declaring that she was a Muslim.

The same media outlet reports that the initial exchange of messages between the victim and the boy was “affectionate”, but “day after day” he blocked her on social networks. However, the investigation still does not allow us to conclude whether this happened because he knew about the young woman’s true religion.

The girl, who reported two other minors aged 12 and 13, said in her statement that her attackers threatened to kill her and hurled anti-Semitic slurs. According to the same statement, The rape and assault he suffered were filmed by one of the young men.

According to the French press, everything happened on June 15, when the girl was returning home after a walk with a friend. He left it at the door when two boys, one of whom he knew, approached the victim. She was taken by force to an abandoned place near the house where the third boy arrived. For two hours the girl was insulted, attacked and raped. The boys questioned her about her religion and Israel, calling her a “dirty Jew.” They threatened to burn her with a lighter. The girl was also forced to perform anal, vaginal penetration and oral sex while receiving death threats and anti-Semitic comments.

The crime sparked a number of political reactions during the French election campaign.