Police on Tuesday arrested three men from a predominantly-Arab town in northern Israel on suspicion of orchestrating a gang-rape of a mentally challenged teen from a local village.
Following a complaint filed with the law enforcement a few days ago about the suspected rape, local police set up a special task force to investigate the case and locate the suspects.
According to the preliminary police investigation, one of the suspects from the town of Rameh in the Galilee had picked up the 16-year-old victim from her home in the local village and took her by car to a rural area near the city of Karmiel.
Once there, the victim was allegedly raped for hours by several men who were waiting for the car at the location.
Her family contacted the police that same day and reported she had been missing for several hours.
"By utilizing a series of complex and rapid investigative methods, while using advanced technological means, the investigators were able to figure out the identities of three of the suspects involved in the gang rape within days,” the police said in a statement.
“The suspects, residents of villages in the Galilee, were arrested and taken for questioning by the Karmiel police."
A hearing will be held Wednesday where the police will ask to extend the two men's remand.