Acting Police Corps chief Stefan Hamran has called on politicians and the public to exercise restraint in their statements regarding the case of the bullied eleven-year-old girl. News outlet noviny.sk reported on Wednesday that a group of teenagers aged 14-16 beat up an eleven-year-old girl in Miloslavov in the Bratislava region on January 2, forcing her to drink alcohol and undressing her on the premises of a former farm, all the while taking pictures and recording the incident on a phone. They later released the photos and footage on the internet. According to media reports, this probably is not the first time that the group has done something like this, as the teenagers have allegedly attacked other children in the past. The police have been treating the case as theft so far, but they have not ruled out the possibility that they could change their approach.
Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka has ordered a Bratislava region prosecutor to immediately review the course of action taken by the law-enforcement authorities in the case of the bullied Miloslavov girl, PG’s Office spokesman Dalibor Skladan has reported.
Hamran called on politicians to let the police do their job and that premature conclusions and escalating tension are making the investigation more difficult. "At the current stage of the investigation, the Police Corps already has information that is not available to the general public, politicians or the media," he said.
Source: TASR
