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Five Teenagers Arrested in Sweden for Gang-Rape on Cruise Ship

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Five teenagers, including two believed to be accessories to murder, have been arrested in Sweden on suspicion of gang raping a girl on-board a cruise ship. MS Galaxy operated by Silja Line was chartered for 1700 students by the Nordic company Fun Cruises.

Four boys aged between 18 and 19 were arrested in Stockholm on Wednesday after the cruise ship returned from Finland. The fifth suspect was arrested one day later. All five are accused of gang-raping  a girl, and face charges of aggravated rape.

Silja Lines confirmed to several Swedish newspapers that a woman reported a rape on board one of its ships and said it was cooperating with officers investigating the allegations.

A film crew from the news media Aftonbladet interviewed a number of students boarding the ship and from 1,700 young people by chance ended up interviewing two of the attackers.

The footage was released to their website and later taken down, but a screenshot was preserved of two suspects, censored in order to comply with the Swedish law.

Photo by: www.friatider.se