HELSINKI — Swedish police say they have received reports of 27 cases of sexual assault against girls or young women at a music festival in southern Sweden over the weekend. Hogfeldt said Monday that the victims of the alleged assaults at the free festival were aged 12 to 20. Hogfeldt said the attacks included alleged groping and other sexual misconduct. Karlstad police officer Eva Hogfeldt says they are searching for seven male perpetrators in the alleged attacks on Friday and Saturday at a concert in the central city, but didn’t give any details about the suspects. She declined to give more details pending the outcome of an investigation.

Source: Washington Post July 04, 2016 20:37 UTC