For more than a year, the police and public prosecutor's office have been investigating the sexual abuse of a then 15-year-old.
Now they are targeting an Instagram account.
Berlin - After the gang rape of a girl in the city park of Hamburg, thousands are calling for the names and faces of the suspects to be made public.
This is reported by the
Hamburger Morgenpost (Mopo)
.
“The Instagram account and the petition are known to us.
The responsible criminal police have started investigations that are currently ongoing.
This also checks whether criminal proceedings may need to be initiated, ”
Mopo
quotes
the Hamburg police after a request.
A 15-year-old was raped in Hamburg in September 2020.
Several men are said to have abused the young people in Hamburg's city park.
According to the dpa news agency, twelve young people and adolescents between the ages of 16 and 20 are being determined.
Group rape in Hamburg: Newspaper advises public prosecutor on petition
An Instagram account showed the faces of seven young men, the report said, along with the claim that they were the perpetrators.
There was a lot going on in the comment columns of the social network, the account had more than 8000 followers after a short time.
However, the presumption of innocence applies.
"To be able to apply for an arrest warrant, we need an urgent suspicion plus a reason for detention," Mopo quotes a public prosecutor's spokeswoman.
Only one of the suspects would have met the requirements, but apparently he was refrained from custody under conditions, writes
Mopo
.
According
to its own information,
Mopo
drew the Hamburg public prosecutor's attention to the petition and the Instagram account.
The group rape indictment is imminent, according to the report.
(frs)
