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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani victim of gang-rape says her life is in danger after the acquittal of five of the six men she had accused. In a surprise decision on Thursday, a high court in the central city of Multan struck down a lower court decision which found the men guilty of raping Mukhtaran Mai, 30, on the orders of a village council in July 2002. The High Court commuted the death sentence of a sixth man to life in prison in an appeal hearing in which the men pleaded not guilty. The High Court acquitted the men on...

Hoogezand - A 13 year old girl from Hoogezand has fallen victim Wednesday morning to a group-rape. The girl says she was raped and assaulted by eight boys of Turkish origin, police confirmed Thursday. The boys broke into the house Wednesday morning by use of force and raped the girl in the living room. Also they started a fire there. According the mother of the girl all eight boys took part in the rape. Also the girl was stabbed in het leg with a knife and the boys tried to give her drugs. After the boys started a fire in...

POLICE have arrested two more key suspects in the gang-rape of a Pakistani teenager ordered by a tribal council as a punishment, officials said. Three of the four main suspects in the June 22 rape in Muzaffargarh are now in police custody, district police chief Farman Ali said. He said a hunt was on for one more suspect in the Punjab province. Police were rebuked by a special bench of the Supreme Court last week for laxity in pursuing the offenders. The court also criticised the police for taking more than a week to register the case, in which the...