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Post Sweden: Two Afghan migrants who raped a woman as their friend laughed and livestreamed it over Facebook are charged

Two Afghan migrants who allegedly raped a woman in Sweden as their friend laughed and livestreamed it over Facebook are charged over the assault

The men, aged 18 and 21, have been charged with raping the victim in turn
A 24-year-old Swedish national, has been charged with being an accessory
Eight people who saw the livestream are cited as witnesses in the case

Three young men are to go on to on trail accused of gang raping a woman in Sweden and livestreaming the attack on Facebook.

Two of the men, aged 18 and 21, who are both Afghan citizens, have been charged with raping the victim in turn in an apartment in Uppsala, 45 miles north of the capital Stockholm in January.

A third man, a 24-year-old Swedish national, has been charged with being an accessory to rape by filming the attack and posting it on Facebook, and failing to try to stop it.

Swedish prosecutors claim that the 24-year-old encouraged his friends, and 'laughed and in close proximity filmed the incident with his mobile phone, and posted it live or very shortly after the rape on Facebook.'

All three suspects were arrested on January 22 after members of a closed Facebook group, which has 60,000 members, saw the attack streamed live and alerted police.

Police responding to the calls put an end to the livestream.

The victim, a woman in her 30s, was under the influence of alcohol and drugs and was therefore 'particularly vulnerable', prosecutors said, using a legal term in Sweden which means a rape victim does not necessarily have to try to fend off an attacker.

Eight people who saw the livestream are cited as witnesses in the case.

The rapes lasted for several minutes, while the 24-year-old was urged by several Facebook watchers to stop it but did not, prosecutors said.

The 24-year-old was also charged with aggravated slander for posting the events on Facebook.

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