Police have arrested eight men in
east London and Hertfordshire on suspicion of raping a girl under the age of
16.
The arrests were made after officers
went to nine separate addresses in the east London boroughs of Newham,
Redbridge and Havering, and an address in Hertfordshire, about 5am today.
The detained men are aged between 21
and 24 years, police said in a statement.
The arrests are the result of an
investigation launched by detectives following an allegation related to
offences committed between May and November 2012.
The eight men are currently in
custody at an east London police station.
Detective Chief Inspector Adam Lowe
from the MPS Sapphire Command said: "These arrests are part of an
investigation into rape and serious sexual assault carried out by a group of
men in Newham and the wider east London area.
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