Seven raped as armed gang attacks camp

An armed gang raped seven young women in a brutal attack on a youth camp just outside Mexico City, state prosecutors have said.

Over several hours on Friday, the gang of about a dozen people beat, abused and robbed youngsters at the retreat located in a park in the State of Mexico just south-east of the capital, the local attorney general’s office said in a statement.

About 90 youths were camped out there and local media said the victims belonged to a church group.

Mexican press reports said the gang raped seven young women before leaving in two stolen 
vehicles.

Human rights groups complain the state has one of the worst records in the country on violence against women.

In a report published last Wednesday, Amnesty International singled out the state for abuses against women, and said Mexican police solve only one in every 21 rapes.