An investigation was opened by the Grenoble prosecutor's office and entrusted to the Grenoble judicial police on Thursday, November 12 after the discovery of a naked teenager in a bush in Echirolles, in the nearby Grenoble suburbs (Isère).
Prosecutor Eric Vaillant
"confirmed"
that an investigation for "kidnapping, kidnapping, acts of torture and rape of a minor" was
"in progress"
.
Calling for
"caution"
, he added that he would give more information
"as soon as possible"
.
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According to firefighters, the young girl, aged 15, was discovered by a passerby around 9 am "
half naked
" and "
prostrate
".
"
Conscious but shocked
", she presented traces of "
punches in the face
" and "
superficial knife blows
" on the skin, they added, confirming information from
Dauphiné Libéré
.
The victim was transported to the couple-child pole of the CHU of Grenoble to undergo examinations.
The teenager explained to the police that she had been kidnapped an hour earlier in Claix, south of the Grenoble metropolitan area, by "
three hooded men
" who allegedly took her to a wood in a vehicle.
There, she would have been "
beaten
",
"tortured with a cutter"
and
"raped"
, indicated a source close to the investigation, mentioning the
"many traces"
discovered on her body.
The girl was then reportedly released by her kidnappers at the place where she was found.
