Three men were arrested on Tuesday over the alleged gang rape – involving 10 men – of an 18-year-old woman in Banteay Meanchey province, police said yesterday.

Prom Then, chief of the provincial military police’s anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection unit, said the three men – students from Malai district aged 18 and 19 – were arrested at 9:30am by combined police forces and will be sent to court.

“There are 10 suspects. We have arrested three and seven escaped,” Then said. “We are searching for the rest in order to bring them to justice.

“The [three arrested] suspects are being detained temporarily at a military police base, and documents are being prepared for the court,” he said.

Then said the attack occurred Friday night when the victim was returning home by motorbike from a pagoda in Malai district at about 10:30pm.

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