Girl sexually assaulted inside a cab in Rmaileh

The latest case of violence against women was the sexual assault on Friday against a girl inside a taxi. According to a statement by the Internal Security Forces- Public Relations Department, the ISF managed to arrest two men suspects on charges of raping a 22-old woman in Rmeileh. The incident took place on March 16 when the victim took a taxi from Zaitouna Bay in Beirut Water Front area to where she lives in southern suburb of the capital. But instead of taking the girl to her destination, they drove her to Rmeileh south of Beirut where they beat her, stole her cell phone and raped her before dropping her in nearby town of Jiyyeh. The ISF statement went on to say, that the two perpetrators, identified as Lebanese nationals (aged 22 years) from Qoreitem and Basta neighborhoods of Beirut, were arrested and referred to the competent judiciary. (Al Mustaqbal, March 20, 2017)