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Mon, 06/28/2010 - 09:17
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Police hunting for suspected child rapist


SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- Seoul police were continuing to search Monday for a
suspected child rapist in another shocking case in which a young girl was
attacked in broad daylight.
The suspect, believed to be in his 30s, approached a seven-year-old girl playing
outside her home on Saturday while her parents were out working. The suspect took
her inside her home and raped her, according to the police.
The victim was a Vietnamese-born child whose parents had come to South Korea a
few years ago.
"We have identified the suspect's clothing and motorbike based on the girl's
statement and made a composite sketch of him," a police official said. "We are
looking into criminals who have similar crime records."
Earlier this month, a 44-year-old repeat sex offender was charged with kidnapping
an eight-year-old girl from her elementary classroom and raping her.
Recurring sex crimes against children have prompted the government to introduce
chemical castration, as public consensus grows for extraordinarily tough measures
to curb heinous crimes against minors.
brk@yna.co.kr
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