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Uber driver in Brazil accused of rape
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 15, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – An Uber driver in Brazil has been
arrested on suspicion of raping a girl at gunpoint, police said Thursday.
The assault is alleged to have occurred June 7 in a rough neighborhood of
Rio after the adolescent got into the car to go to another area of the city,
as requested by her mother.
Along the way the driver took a detour, drove into deserted street and
raped the girl at gunpoint, police said in statement.
The girl and her mother later reported the driver. The 43 year old man was
arrested Wednesday at a gas station.
Uber said in a statement it does not tolerate such behavior and that the
driver was removed from the app as soon as the complaint was filed.
BSS/AFP/RY/11:35 hrs