Police Probe Student Rape

KINTAMANI ~ An alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl was reported to Kintamani Police on Tuesday, police said.

According to head of the district criminal police Nengah Kariasa, the victim NKR, 14, claimed she was raped in an empty house on March 21 by a local man who had not yet been named.

She said she had been offered a drink, which turned out to be arak (rice alcohol), by four men, only one of whom she recognized.

Kariasa said the girl had reported the assault to one of her teachers, who then accompanied her to the police station.

He said witnesses were being questioned and the suspects determined.