London, Nov 2 (ANI): Girls in Britain are being raped by gangs to get back at their rivals, Home Secretary Theresa May has claimed.
May, who has pledged that at least 1.2million pounds would be spend over the next three years to improve services for sexual violence young victims, said it was a serious issue which the Government needed to 'shine a light on'.
May admitted that girls in urban areas could also be involved in gang violence themselves, but added that most of the time they are the victims of disputes between rival gangs.
"They (the women) would find themselves being abused and sometimes being used as weapons - raping a rival gang leader's girlfriend to get back at that gang," the Daily Mail quoted May, as saying.
"More often they would be the victims. They would be the partners of gang members," she added.
May said youngsters should be targeted at every stage of their lives to help change the life stories of young people ending up dead or wounded on the streets.
"Gang and youth violence is not a problem that can be solved by enforcement alone," she said.
"We need to change the life stories of young people currently ending up dead or wounded on our streets or locked in a cycle of reoffending," she added. (ANI)
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