The then-18-year-old man, Adal, was arrested and charged after investigators discovered that he allegedly had se* with a 13-year-old girl he met on social media.
The 18-year-old man communicated with the child for two months before luring her to a hotel room to have inter-ourse. Adal claimed that he went home after having se* with the girl and then headed to a nearby mosque to pray.
He was arrested a week after the child confided in a classmate about their rendezvous. It was then that he attempted to justify his actions by blaming the girl and citing his Islamic education. Read the full story here ▶