Three 17-year-olds were arrested last Thursday after allegedly attacking two 14-year-old girls at Parc de ses Estacions in Palma. The youths surrounded the victims, made sexual proposals, and when the girls refused, the assailants touched them in a sexual manner. One of the boys exposed himself and pressed the victim to touch his genitals.
The incident occurred around eight in the evening at Parc de ses Estacions. Two 14-year-old girls walking through the park were approached by four young men who shoved them to the ground. One of the suspects offered money in exchange for sexual acts, but the girls declined. Then three of the youths subjected the victims to unwanted touching, and one of them pulled down his pants and forced one of the teenagers to touch him, while kissing her on the lips.
The attackers of the sexual assault were three of the boys, while the fourth stayed on the sidelines and did not participate in the events.
Finally the girls managed to escape and, visibly shaken, sought assistance from a nearby patrol of the Local Police. The officers calmed the victims and gathered information about what had happened. Upon learning of the case, officers from the National Police were dispatched to the area as well.
Identified
One of these patrols located nearby several youths matching the descriptions provided by the victims. The youths, when they saw the police, attempted to flee but were intercepted. When the officers tried to identify them, the youths adopted a defiant stance and refused to cooperate. The police confirmed that these young men were the individuals allegedly responsible for the sexual assault, and they were taken into custody. They were three 17-year-old Algerians who are being held in a supervised center.