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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 1 Aug 2013

    Police investigating rape of 12-year-old girl in east London on Saturday arrest 17-year-old boyhttp://bbc.in/18P0RHD 

    6:21 AM - 1 Aug 2013
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    • BBC Waste Sandra Field Delia Mattis aliyu shehu Paul Horrocks hf Pete Osborne Eryk stone Sreeraj
    34 replies 119 retweets 8 likes
      1. kelechukwu uma‏ @kelechips91 1 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking. This is an immoral art the rapist should be punished to show exampl .

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      1. Masťa Vodstrčilů‏ @levappavel 1 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking 12 y.o. girl out in 0:15? realy? #wow

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      1. Kakashi Hatake‏ @HokageShellz 1 Aug 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Police investigating rape of 12-year-old girl in east London on Saturday arrest 17-year-old boy http://bbc.in/18P0RHD ” smh

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      1. Just G.‏ @just_dizzyb 1 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Am I the only one wondering why a 12 year old was out alone at midnight? Whatever the reason, that saddens me.

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      1. Natasha Sheikh‏ @NatashaSheikh 1 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking I really have to wonder what is on the mind of the 17-year-old and what he got out of raping a 12-year-old girl?

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      1. Zolile Sonjica‏ @Zolilesonjica 1 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking What's wrong to people, this young boy should rotten in prison if the law prove him guilty.

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      1. Asheley Mensah‏ @AsheleyMensah 1 Aug 2013
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        @bbcbreaking l think the world is coming to an end.

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      1. Joanne‏ @bonsaibabe1 1 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Is it me, but why on earth was a 12 year old out at that time!

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      1. Wendy Browning‏ @WendyBrowning 1 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking What is a girl of 12 doing being out at midnight???? What are parents doing these day!!!

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      1. Lisa Roberts‏ @Lisage12 1 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Truely awful, what the hell was she doing out @ 00:15, where were her parents?!!!!

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      1. Phil Smith‏ @MeenMrMustard 1 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Boy or man?

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      1. Captain pigwash‏ @1nwwrldrdr 1 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @VivaOldHolborn should that be '17 year old man'?

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      1. Oluwatobi Adeboye‏ @Tbaz_tobi 1 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking wonders sha !

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      1. XxLEAHxX‏ @leahmar42412257 1 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking why the hell is a 12 year old girl wandering around at 12 at night in her own??

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      1. Richard Dealhoy‏ @RichardDealhoy 1 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking very good news, but why is no one asking why a child was out alone in the middle of the night? The parents are also culpable

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      1. Amanda de Lange‏ @delangeamanda 1 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Suggestion : Female court (ie jury) to deal wth rapists in SA.Norml judciary systms fail.Prospectve rapists to FEAR this court.

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