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France
has suspended two of its soldiers over allegations that they sexually abused
children in Burkina Faso, and asked authorities there to “quickly return” the
military suspects, according to the French government.
“Two
French soldiers on mission in Burkina Faso were suspected… of engaging in acts
of a sexual nature with two children,” France’s defence ministry said in a
statement on Tuesday.
The
suspensions follow an alleged sex abuse scandal involving French troops in
Central African Republic, which caused outrage and only came to light after
claims were leaked to the British press.
One
of the alleged victims in Burkina Faso was a five-year-old girl whose father
found a camera containing images of his daughter being sexually abused.
“There
was a soldier who filmed the scene with a camera while the second touched” the
girl, a senior police officer in Burkina Faso told the AFP news agency, adding
that the parents were friends with the alleged perpetrators.
After
discovering the camera at the scene, the father went to the French embassy in
Ouagadougou, which in turn alerted the police, who have opened an inquiry, the
source said.
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