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WORLD NEWS Monday 4 SepteMber 2017

Italy police nab refugee as last suspect in beach gang rape

the only adult among the Maurizio Improta described then on to France to es-
four suspects under arrest Butungu’s arrest aboard a cape capture.
in the brutal case that trig- train at Rimini station. “The The three other suspects,
gered calls from Poland for arrest this morning was all minors, were already in
the death penalty for the doubly satisfying because police custody Saturday
culprits and fueled already putting the handcuffs on night. Improta said two of
growing anti-migrant senti- the fourth man were two them, Moroccan brothers,
ment in Italy, where hun- women” police officers. ages 15 and 17, who were
dreds of thousands of asy- “This symbolic gesture ren- born in Italy, turned them-
lum-seekers have been giv- dered justice to the victims selves in at a police station
en shelter over the last few of the violence,” he said. after authorities released
years after rescue at sea Investigators were quoted surveillance camera video
from migrant smugglers’ as saying Butungu hoped showing images of the four
boats. Rimini police Chief to travel through Milan and suspects. q

A man identified as Congolese refugee Guerlin Butungu is es-
corted by police officers as he leaves the police headquarters
after being arrested in Rimini, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017.
(Manuel Migliorini/ANSA via AP)
Associated Press a Polish tourist on a beach,
ROME (AP) — A Congolese beating her companion
asylum-hopeful with per- unconscious and raping a
mission to stay in Italy for Peruvian woman barely an
humanitarian reasons was hour later in the same Ital-
nabbed aboard a train by ian resort town of Rimini,
police early Sunday as the authorities said.
last of a gang of four young The man, identified as
males suspected of raping Guerlin Butungu, 20, was
Formal investigation opened

in French girl’s disappearance

By SYLVIE CORBET “some elements,” he said.
Associated Press “As things stand, it was de-
PARIS (AP) — A French cided these elements were
prosecutor opened a for- not enough to justify charg-
mal kidnapping investiga- es”.
tion Saturday in the disap- He declined to elaborate.
pearance of a 9-year-old Hundreds of volunteers
girl who went missing from were helping search Sat-
a wedding celebration last urday for the girl, who has
weekend. been identified only by the
Grenoble deputy prosecu- first name Maelys.
tor Laurent Becuywe said She last was seen at
at a news conference that around 3 p.m. on Aug. 27
no leads would be cast at the village hall in Pont-
aside in the investigation, de-Beauvoisin, 85 kilome-
including the possibility that ters (53 miles) from Lyon in
the girl was a victim of an southeastern France.
accident. Police dogs found the girl’s
Two men, both 34, were re- scent but lost it in the hall’s
leased without charges Fri- parking lot, suggesting she
day night after being ques- may have been forced
tioned, into a vehicle or gotten into
Becuywe said. They were one voluntarily.
detained Thursday and Fri- Police requisitioned photos
day. and videos taken by wed-
Investigators sought expla- ding guests to look for any
nation from the men on unusual activity.q