A five-year-old girl needed emergency surgery after she was “horrifically raped” by her 12-year-old neighbour.
Its now been reported her alleged attacker’s life is “carrying on as normal” as he is too young to face any criminal punishment in Bolivia, The Sun reports.
The shocking incident reportedly took place in the neighbourhood of Villa Primero de Mayo in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
According to the victim’s mother, the girl was tricked into going to her neighbour’s house before she was allegedly raped by the schoolboy.
Afterwards she told her mother she was only bleeding because she fell down but was then taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Doctors soon discovered the girl’s genitals had been badly injured and she eventually told her mother what had really happened.