Atlanta boys, ages 8 and 9, charged in rape of girl, 11

Three boys, ages 8 and 9, were being held Monday in a detention centre on charges of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl near a suburban apartment complex, officials said. The alleged attack happened Thursday and the girl's mother reported it to authorities Sunday, Acworth police Capt. Wayne Dennard said.
The three boys — an eight-year-old and two nine-year-olds — were charged with rape, kidnapping, false imprisonment and sexual assault, Dennard said. They were due in juvenile court Monday afternoon. Their names were being withheld because of their ages.
"The victim said they were playing outdoors and the girl was forced into a wooded area where she was sexually assaulted, where one of the boys raped her," Dennard told the Associated Press.
Acworth police Chief Mike Wilkie said one of the boys was accused of threatening to hit the girl with a rock before the alleged assault. Wilkie also said the investigation is "far from over," and investigators are looking into claims that after the alleged attack, the girl talked about it with her friends at a slumber party. The father of the eight-year-old boy said his son had been falsely accused and had not had sex with the girl.
I was shocked when I saw this news, I couldn’t believe. Ages 8 and 9 are the grade 2, or grade 3 student are kids. They probablly don’t know what’s going on him.