Seven youths involved in the "barbaric" gang rape and killing of a 14-year-old Indonesian school girl have each been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Describing the case as "beyond humanity", police chief for Padang Ulak Tanding precinct Eka Candra said the teenagers, aged 16 to 17, were not acting like children anymore when they - and seven other men - launched the deadly attack on 14-year-old Yuyun in her village in Bengkulu, Sumatra, on April 2.
The schoolgirl was still in her uniform when she was snatched, gang raped and strangled.
Her bound body was not discovered until two days later after an extensive search by family, police and members of the community.
It is believed a number of her attackers had also taken part in the search effort.
Just a week after the case hit international headlines, the seven youth, who are the first to be tried over the case, were each sentenced at Curup District Court on Tuesday to 10 years in prison for the offences of rape and violence causing death.
Speaking after the sentence, Police Chief Candra told AAP that his officers had been deeply shocked by the case.
"This is the most heinous of crime, the most barbaric case."
While the law views the youths as underage, he said: "Their body, their doings are definitely not those of children anymore".
Five of the remaining accused in the case, aged up to 23, have been arrested while a search continues for the other two alleged perpetrators.
The case has sparked widespread condemnation and calls for urgent call reform by human rights group, urging Indonesia's parliament to finally debate a draft bill aimed at tackling sexual violence.
The bill - which seeks to widen Indonesia's limited definition of rape and include further sex offences - was put forward by the women's group Komnas Perempuan two years ago but has been languishing in the "temporary list" ever since.
What happened to Yuyun could have been another story of violence against women and girls in Indonesia that went untold but for human rights activists who took to social media last week to highlight what had happened.
