TWO suspects are in police custody for allegedly drugging and raping

two 14-year- old high school students sometime on October 31
and November 1, 2017, in East Berbice, Corentyne.

The arrest came three days after the teens alleged that they were accosted
by the two men on a bicycle who befriended them and enquired about finding a place
to stay.

According to the mother of one of the victims, her daughter and a
friend were sent home by their teacher on Tuesday following an
incident in school. However, while on their way, the teens were lured by
the men in their late twenties, to a home in the upper Corentyne area.

The teens were then drugged and forced to consume alcohol and were
then raped multiple times. According to one of the parents, her daughter, after finding out she was sexually assaulted, fainted and has since become depressed and suicidal.

“She taking it really hard. She saying she don’t want to live, but we
are here for her and have been very supportive. When I talk to her, she can’t recall what happen to her after they reach by the house the men take them”.

The teens were seen on the public road late Wednesday evening by
a female resident who realised they were too young to be on the road
at that hour by themselves. Upon investigating, the resident observed that the teens seemed disoriented and traumatised. She reportedly took them to a nearby police station and then to the hospital where it was
confirmed that the girls were sexually assaulted.

The alleged suspects were taken into police custody on Saturday.