5 people are accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl in Pristina.
Balkan Web reports that 4 of the perpetrators have been put in handcuffs, while the fifth person is being sought; The court has set the detention measure for the accused.
According to the prosecutor 's office, while the 11-year-old girl was walking in the park, three people approached her where they first harassed her with words and then dragged her to a corner where they began to undress her. Based on the minor's statement, after one person raped her, another person started raping her. When he was returning home, another person stopped him and another took him by force into the car. The minor stated that the driver bit her all the way and then in a place with grass and trees they raped her.
According to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo, "anyone who forces another person to perform a sexual act without the consent of such person, is punished with imprisonment of 2 to 10 years" and in cases where the victim is a minor, the punishment should be no less than five five years to 20 years effective imprisonment, depending on the incident.
"Unfortunately, for years, in certain cases we have seen the non-equal treatment of women's and men's lives, blaming the victim and not the perpetrator, and even cases with even lower sentences than those foreseen by law. And this has only encouraged the perpetrators and abusers. Therefore, I ask the justice bodies to completely eliminate sexism and inequality in court decisions, as well as the security institutions to increase the level of protection for girls and women who are victims of violence. It is also time to proceed with legislative changes that further toughen the punishments against the perpetrators." - said the president of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani.
"Akte të këtilla brutale të dhunës ndaj fëmijëve, duhet të trajtohen me seriozitet të lartë, në nivel institucional, por dhe në atë shoqëror e kulturor," tha kryeministri Albin Kurti në një reagim në rrjete sociale.
Ngjarja e rëndë ka shkaktuar shqetësim të thellë te njerëzit. “Duke qenë që vazhdimisht kemi rast në rritje, vlen të theksohet se institucionet tona nuk janë duke punuar mjaftueshëm apo duke dhënë dënime të ashpra për raste të tilla…institucionet tona duhet të punojnë më shumë dhe duhet të japin dënime të rënda sipas Kodit Penal të Republikës së Kosovës," tha Besarta Breznica, nga Rrjeti i Grupit të Grave të Kosovës.
Journalist Vullnet Krasniqi told Euronews Albania that the main author of the incident was repeatedly suspected of rape and was released by the authorities. "After discovering the identity of one of them, we published it in order to raise a debate about this serious event. It is not known why this person has been released before for similar criminal offences. He was suspected of rape and was released. The police do not give us additional information", said the journalist. He emphasized that the names of those accused of rape should be made public, because so far only details have been given about the victim.
Actress Fatlume Bunjaku said that the state should urgently deal with the case of her daughter and her family. The singer Dafina Zeqiri posted on social networks that the names of the rapists should be made public.
