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| Vigil is held after Bogside rape | |
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| More than 150 people have attended a vigil for the American teenager who was raped at knifepoint in Londonderry at the weekend. | |
| People left candles at the base of Free Derry Corner to express their outrage and to send a message of sympathy to the victim. | |
| The teenager was attacked in a car park to the rear of the Bogside Inn on Saturday evening. | |
| Police have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the incident. | |
| A PSNI spokesman said the man arrested was "assisting officers assisting police with their inquiries". | A PSNI spokesman said the man arrested was "assisting officers assisting police with their inquiries". |
| The victim had been socialising with friends prior to the attack. Police said she was severely traumatised. | The victim had been socialising with friends prior to the attack. Police said she was severely traumatised. |
| PSNI Chief Inspector Chris Yates urged witnesses to come forward so who ever had carried out the attack could be identified quickly. | PSNI Chief Inspector Chris Yates urged witnesses to come forward so who ever had carried out the attack could be identified quickly. |
| "The teenager has been taken to Belfast, looked after and medically examined," he said. | "The teenager has been taken to Belfast, looked after and medically examined," he said. |
| I would appeal to anybody who has any information on this appalling crime to contact us Chris YatesPSNI | I would appeal to anybody who has any information on this appalling crime to contact us Chris YatesPSNI |
| "A forensic examination of the scene has taken place and we are trying to trace witnesses." | "A forensic examination of the scene has taken place and we are trying to trace witnesses." |
| Inspector Yates said he believed there were CCTV cameras near the scene, but it was not clear whether they were working. | Inspector Yates said he believed there were CCTV cameras near the scene, but it was not clear whether they were working. |
| "We are trying to trace witnesses," he said. | "We are trying to trace witnesses," he said. |
| "I would appeal to anybody who has any information on this appalling crime to contact us. | "I would appeal to anybody who has any information on this appalling crime to contact us. |
| "Specifically, I'd ask people who were in and around the Bogside Inn at the time to cooperate with police and help us identify, arrest and prosecute this man as quickly as possible." | "Specifically, I'd ask people who were in and around the Bogside Inn at the time to cooperate with police and help us identify, arrest and prosecute this man as quickly as possible." |