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pregnant 10-year-old and her two younger brothers have been removed from a home
in Guatemala where they were severely abused, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Police
visited the home after neighbours reported signs of abuse and found the girl
was seven months' pregnant, while her younger brothers, aged two and three,
also showed signs of abuse, said Ms Lucrecia Salazar of the Attorney-General's
Office.
Ms
Salazar said when the police arrived they found the children alone at the
residence in a poor neighborhood in the eastern town of San Jose la Arada.
Officials are investigating whether the girl was sexually assaulted by her
stepfather.
The siblings have been taken to a temporary
home and will be placed in the custody of a court while the authorities
investigate the abuse allegations
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