A case similar to that of La Manada impacts Italy: two 15-year-olds were attacked by eight subjects

On Friday, September 11, the prosecutor Pietro Argentino, of the Matera Prosecutor’s Office, reported the arrest of four men aged 19 to 23 in the framework of an investigation by gang rape.

The attack occurred on the neight from September 7 to 8 in the surroundings of a party in a villa in Marconia di Pisticci, about 30 kilometers south of Matera. Two 15-year-old British girls were victims of sexual abuse by “At least” eight subjects.

“The two victims were first approached by two young people who seem to have taken advantage of their state of euphoria, probably also due to alcohol. Two others arrived later and the violence took place on a piece of land that is part of the village, ”said Argentino, quoted by the AGI agency.

According to the AFP agency, the adolescents are friends whose parents are originally from the area. Both young people related what happened when they got home, and his parents called an ambulance to go to the Matera Hospital to verify injuries.

“What has happened is extremely serious and we hope that the judicial authority can do justice for what the girls and their parents had to suffer,” the lawyer for the two families told the press, quoted by the AGI agency.

After the arrest of four subjects, the Italian police continue to search for four more alleged attackers. The detainees are originally from Marconia di Pisticci, and some of them have criminal records, added the prosecutor.