New research from the University of Nottingham, found that hospital staff are increasingly witnessing children seeking medical attention for a variety of graphic injuries related to exploitation by city drug gangs, including torture, punishment beatings, stabbings, sexual exploitation and rape. One hospital worker reported numerous cases of men aged under 21 in the south of England being victims of gang rapes.
Describing the injuries, one youth worker told the report: “Fingernails pulled off, hair pulled out, even the stabbings… whereas before COVID-19 you may have seen one or two injuries on a young person, now they will be repeatedly stabbed. So we're talking five, six times is kind of an average amount of stab wounds.”
Although males were mostly targeted, authors of the report say the violence against women and girls is becoming “more severe and sexual in nature.” Some report women being passed around as sexual rewards for services, and the use of “pop up brothels.”
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