Girl (13) ambushed, mugged, assaulted in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht; Five teen girls arrested
A 13-year-old girl was ambushed, mugged, and assaulted by a group of six teenage girls in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht last week, the police reported on Wednesday. The police have arrested five of the suspects and are searching for the sixth.
The attack happened at around 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, on Palmhoevepad. The six girls were waiting for the victim, the police said. They pulled her off her fatbike, beat her up, and robbed her of several items. The perpetrators filmed the incident, the police said.
The victim eventually managed to escape and got to the doctor.
The police arrested five suspects over the course of the week. They are a 12-year-old girl from Papendrecht, a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old from Zwijndrecht, and a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. They are no longer in custody, but remain suspects.
Police asked anyone who received images of the assault not to share them further. “It is upsetting and painful for victims to be reminded of the incident,” the police said.
This is the third violent incident involving young teenagers in the Rotterdam region in a short period. Over the weekend, the police arrested a 13-year-old boy for setting off an explosive at a Rotterdam home. And on Monday, a 13-year-old girl was stabbed outside a supermarket in Capelle aan den IJssel. Two teenagers, aged 14 and 15, were arrested.
