French soldiers are currently undergoing a judicial interrogation, after allegedly raping boys in Central African Republic (CAR), reports the Guardian.
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Between December 2013 and June 2014, as many as 14 French soldiers, who were deployed as a part of peacekeeping efforts in the troubled country, allegedly raped youth after luring them with food.
Residents of a refugee camp outside the capital said the soldiers had targeted boys as young as nine, luring the children with army rations and small change when their families had nothing to feed them. Some children described to investigators how they were given bottles of water after being raped.
In May and June of 2014, many of the boys reported their sexual abuse to UN investigators.
While French prosecutors say they opened a preliminary investigation by July, the accusations were kept quiet until this April, when a senior UN official leaked the incident to news organization the Guardian.
The French say their investigation is focused on “the rape of minors under 15 years old by persons who had abused the authority conferred upon them by their roles, and complicity in this crime.”
So far, none of the soldiers under investigation have been publicly identified. Yet, on Tuesday, questioning began for four of the alleged offenders.
Thousand of French troops were sent to CAR in 2013 and 2014 due to the violence that erupted, after the Muslim group Seleka Rebel Alliance routed CAR President Francois Bozize from power in March 2013.
Since then, the nation has been mired in sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims.
Late last month, Pope Francis visited the embattled country, urging CAR citizens to lay their weapons down.
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These dirty French bastard needs their damn heads cut off. They are so disgusting..low life pigs. You bitches need some real men to take those damn guns from you and shove them up your nasty filthy sorry asses. Whyare you even in Africa when your country is France. Go to France and rape your own damn children. .oh, excuse me you're already doing that. Filthy damn ass suckered get dogs