30/09/2013

Three Men Arrested Over Sex Attack On Two Girls

Three men are being held in Athlone in connection with the sexual assault of two young girls on Saturday evening.

According to Gardaí, two girls, under 10 years of age, were walking home from a party when they were taken to a house and seriously sexually assaulted.

Three men, one believed to be in his 30s and the others in their 40s, were arrested on Sunday in connection with the assault and are being held under section 4 of the criminal justice act.

(MH/JP)

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