Three 13-year-old girls are gang raped after being invited to ‘try a new flavor of vape’ that was DRIED
- The three girls were lured to a lodging house by five suspects aged 13 to 17
- The girls were offered a drugged vape and subsequently lost consciousness
Three 13-year-old girls have been gang raped after being given a new flavor of vape that had been drugged, Malaysian police said.
The girls were allegedly attacked by four teenagers in a guest house in the Malaysian state of Sabah last week on April 26.
The suspects lured the 13-year-olds to the house with the help of another female accomplice, said to be 17 years old.
Police said the suspects approached the young girls at a mall before convincing them to hang out at the guest house where they offered them the vape.
After trying the vape, which was drugged, investigators said the three girls lost consciousness before later waking up naked.
Three 13-year-old girls reportedly gang raped after being given a new flavor of vape that had been drugged, Malaysian police said (file image of a person vaping)
The suspects were arrested by officials in Sabah state capital, Kota Kinabalu, after one of the victims came forward and reported the incident to the police.
A subsequent investigation revealed that two friends of the girl were also victims of the gang rape by the four teenagers.
“All suspects, aged between 13 and 17, have been arrested in the city and Telipok Ria in Tuaran district,” local police chief Mohd Zaidi Abdullah said. The Straits Times.
They will remain in custody until later this week on May 5 as the investigation continues, police said.
“In that incident, the four male and one female suspects approached the three victims when they were in a mall in the city and then persuaded them to hang out at their lodging house in Kampung Air,” Mr. Mohd Zaidi told local press. .
“While at the boarding house, they were lured into smoking a new flavored vape.”
The police chief said the young girls accepted the invitation to try the vape and then lost consciousness.
When the victims woke up in the middle of the night, they were naked, while the suspects had disappeared.
“All three victims suspected they had been raped and have since filed a police report,” he said.
Police said they were investigating the suspects on charges of rape and pimping.
The Malaysian detective agency confirmed that the five suspects were arrested last week on April 27, including the 17-year-old woman.