Girl (16) raped and strangled to death on sinking boat in front of horrified mother

ITALY – Survivors claimed the man carried out the unspeakable attack after seeing his wife and daughter drown, Italian media reports, ‘venting’ his fury on the helpless 16-year-old girl. The teenager was raped and suffocated in front of her distraught mother by the 27-year-old man as the sail boat sank, according to reports.

The man has since been arrested on suspicion of murdering the girl, who was also of Iraqi origin and had been making the journey to Europe with her mother. She survived the disaster and reported her daughter’s killing to police. Only twelve people were rescued from the ship, which officials believe had been carrying around 70 people, including more than two dozen children.