Prosecutors say two Iraqis accused of being members of the Islamic State group and keeping two young Yazidi girls as slaves as well as sexually and physically abusing them have been arrested in Germany. The pair were arrested in Bavaria on Tuesday.
The man and the woman, identified only as Twana H.S. and Asia R.A. in line with German privacy rules, were arrested in Bavaria on Tuesday, federal prosecutors said in a statement. They are accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes , along with membership in a terrorist organization.
Prosecutors allege that the man raped both girls repeatedly and that the woman prepared the room and put make-up on one of the girls.
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