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The City of Bilbao acts as an indictment in the case of the group rape of Bilbao
  • The aggression, which occurred in early August, continues to be investigated by the Foral Police. Five of the defendants have been interviewed between Tuesday and Wednesday, while the woman has met three of them. The judge is waiting for DNA tests.
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The events took place on the first of August in the park of Etxebarria in Bilbao: An 18-year-old woman was raped in groups by six men aged between 18 and 36 who worked on the street. The Ertzaintza detained six men, two of whom are in prison, according to the Ertzaintza report. The investigation into the event is still ongoing, and the City Council of Bilbao has admitted that it is being prosecuted in the case. According to the Consistorio bilbaĆ­no through municipal sources, the corporation formalized on Wednesday its personation with the legal services of the City Council of Bilbao. The request has been lodged with the Court of Appeal No. 4 in Madrid, which investigates the case.

Five of the six defendants have been summoned to testify between Tuesday and Wednesday night in Vitoria-Gasteiz. The two defendants who appeared in the session this Tuesday have not been identified by the assaulted woman. One of them is one of the two men imprisoned and the judge has decided to keep him in prison, as the description of the wounds of one of the women's aggressors coincided with those of this man.

The three defendants who appeared at the sitting last Wednesday were identified by the woman. Thus, his lawyer and the prosecutor requested his admission to prison. In this case, the three were released by the judge, who ordered their imprisonment. The reasons for this decision have been the images that show that two of them were somewhere else during the rape, and that the woman, who in Tuesday's sitting misidentified, was also able to fail on this occasion.

The judge is waiting for DNA tests.