Riccione police on Monday arrested
a 23-year-old man on suspicion of raping his 12-year-old cousin
and getting her pregnant.
The girl is eight-months pregnant.
Her family phoned the police after taking her to a gynecologist
after seeing her swollen belly.
She said her cousin had raped her during afternoons at home when
the two of them were alone, police said.
Carabinieri said they had uncovered the alleged sexual abuse of
another cousin, also aged 12.
The man fled from Riccione to Florence, where police tracked him
down and arrested him.
He is now in Sollicciano Prison in the Tuscan capital, awaiting
the confirmation of the arrest warrant.
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