A group of teenage boys have been arrested over the alleged gang r@pe and blackmailing of a female Austrian school teacher.
The teacher, 29, was allegedly r@ped by three young men “for several hours” on two separate dates last year, prosecutors told local newspaper Kronen Zeitung.
The alleged victim is understood to have entered into an “intimate relationship” with one of the boys, aged 17, roughly one year ago.
She fell pregnant by the teen, who was her former student, and claims he pressured her into having an abortion, the prosecution claimed.
Recordings of the teacher and teenager’s s£xual encounters were allegedly made and the teacher claims these recordings were used by the youths to blackmail her into buying and using drugs, the newspaper reports.
The woman was then allegedly gang-r@ped by three members of the group, which included an Iraqi, two Austrians, two Afghans and a Romanian. It is not known which members of the group are the three accused of r@pe.
Her Vienna apartment was also set on fire, according to reports.
A total of seven young men, ages 14 to 17, are being investigated on suspicion of r@pe, extortion, and arson. Five of them are currently in custody.
The teens vehemently deny the r@pe allegations.
The teacher kept quiet about the alleged assault for almost a year because she felt ashamed and feared losing her teaching job, the newspaper reports.
The teens have largely exercised their right to remain silent during interrogation or legal proceedings.
Prosecutors say one teen admitted to the drug deals, but denied having knowledge of any other wrongdoing.
Another claimed the s£xual intercourse was “voluntary” and confessed to photographing the alleged victim’s ATM, the newspaper reports.
Officials say the suspects include an Iraqi, a Romanian and two Afghan nationals, as well as two Austrian teens.
The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) issued a dire response to the alleged assault, suggesting that Vienna has become a hotspot for asylum seekers and an unsafe place for women.
“Vienna is increasingly becoming a no-go zone for women due to such imported violence,” the party said in a statement to Heute.
“We finally need tough consequences: deportation of criminal foreigners and an end to the asylum madness! The FPÖ demands a full investigation, maximum penalties for the perpetrators, and finally safety for our citizens!”
Source: Linda Ikeji Blog
