Last update - 00:00 30/03/2007
19-year-old man charged with two rape attacks in Arad
By Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent
19-year-old Rahat resident Iyad Agbur was indicted Friday on two counts of aggravated rape for raping two minors in Arad.
According to the indictment, filed to Beer Sheva Magistrate's Court, Agbur allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl numerous times throughout one night in October 2005 in the city's market. Another person is also suspected of taking part in the attack.
The second incident of rape occurred on March 12 of this year, when Agbur allegedly met an 11-year-old girl outside her house, engaged her in conversation, dragged her into the nearby bushes, raped her and stole her cell phone. The victim ran home and told her mother, who called the police.
Police officials say the quick response of the girl and her mother helped greatly in apprehending the suspect.
Officers from Arad and nearby communities were aided by the fact that the suspect made calls from his victim's cell phone.