were arrested<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on Saturday after a video, which allegedly showed them and four others, sexually assaulting a girl, went viral, and was met with widespread criticism from the Ghanaian public.<\/p>\nThe Police confirmed the arrests at a press conference stating that, the suspects are Junior High School and Senior High School students, but refused to reveal their ages.<\/p>\n
The whereabouts of the four accomplices are still unknown.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe command has arrested 3 suspects. The arrest of these suspects was made on Saturday, 16th<\/sup> December 2017 at their various homes at Bantama. The three suspects and their 4 accomplices who are currently at large are all students\u2026.Two of the 3 arrested are in SHS 1 and the other in JHS 3,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/a081e2b7-fee5-4d0f-a379-4b387e10a457.jpg\")
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Care for the victim<\/strong><\/p>\nCiti News<\/strong>\u00a0sources say the victim is currently at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital undergoing a medical examination.<\/p>\nASP Juliana Obeng said the victim is cooperating with the Police in its investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n
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By: Hafiz Tijani & Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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