[Courtesy]Five students from a college in Embu County are recuperating at Embu Level Five Teaching and Referral Hospital after they were raped and their property stolen by a gang on Thursday night. The gangsters said to number about 10, broke into Castle Hostels in Bondeni Estate, Embu town where girls from Embu College were sleeping and demanded they open doors or they will set them on fire. “The students are traumatised and they are being treated for various injuries,” said a nurse attending to the girls at the hospital. A student said they had raised concern following a rise in insecurity near the college, saying many female students had been targeted for robbery and sexual attacks. ALSO READ: Police arrest 13-year old boy for defiling a childLeaders in the area have condemned the attack and called for speedy investigations.

Source: Standard Digital February 04, 2018 05:37 UTC