More arrests expected in US Facebook rape case

Chicago police say they anticipate making more arrests in a case that involves the rape of a girl being streamed on Facebook.

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A 15-year-old girl in the US was allegedly gang-raped while the attack was streamed on Facebook. Source: EPA

An arrest warrant has been issued for a second teenage boy in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old Chicago girl that was streamed live on Facebook.

A day after announcing the arrest of a 14-year-old boy on sexual assault and child pornography charges, police said they were looking for a 15-year-old suspect in the March 19 attack, which investigators have said involved five or six males.

Investigators didn't specify how many others would likely be charged, but they did say one adult male was among them.

Police were careful not to release too many details of the ongoing investigation, but they did provide some that helped illustrate why Superintendent Eddie Johnson remained visibly upset as he has been since the investigation began.

Commander Brendan Deenihan said the victim saw one of the suspects, whom she knew, on the day of the attack and that there were multiple videos made and circulated of the attack.

"She was not allowed to leave and she did not consent to what occurred," Deenihan said.

"It disgusts me that we have people who would look at those videos and not pick up a phone and dial 911."

Deenihan declined to say if either of the teens who are already facing charges streamed the live video.


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