Germany: Police bust alleged child sex ring operating from summer house
By DW
08 June 2020 |
11:00 am
Eleven people have been arrested in three German states over the alleged abuse of 5, 10, and 12 year-olds. Their victims were drugged, then seriously abused for hours at a summer house.
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