A 16-year-old girl was raped by two Afghan men near a refugee camp in Bavaria, according to German media, citing police. A third asylum-seeker was apparently prevented from sexually abusing the girl by a passerby.
According to Merkur magazine, the teenager had reportedly gathered with a group of other people outside a refugee center in the upper Bavaria municipality of Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, located south of Munich.
She later proceeded to walk to the train station without the larger group, but with three Afghan asylum-seekers.
However, according to Merkur, they actually went into an opposite direction. Then, two of the men, aged 27 and 17, reportedly raped the girl behind a hedge in front of an abandoned building.
A third Afghan refugee, 18, also attempted to rape the girl. How the events unfolded from there is yet to be fully established.
Some reports say that two policemen, who were stationed at a refugee shelter just 150 meters away, soon arrived at the scene after receiving calls from witnesses who had heard the girl scream. This prevented the third attack from taking place and prompted the trio to flee.
According to the local Abendzeitung, the men were chased off by an eyewitness, rather than fleeing at the sight of police.
Once officers arrived at the scene, one stayed with the victim while the other focused on tracking down the attackers. Authorities launched a helicopter search for the perpetrators and eventually...
