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In pictures: Belgian child deaths

Tributes to dead Belgian girls

Tributes have been accumulating near the area where Belgian girls Nathalie Mahy, 10, and Stacy Lemmens, 7, were found in Liege - victims of a suspected sex crime.

Stacy Lemmens, seven years old

Stacy went missing along with her step-sister Nathalie at a street party in the city on 9 June.

Nathalie Mahy, 10

Media reports of the post mortem results suggest both girls were strangled and Nathalie raped.

Search for clues at scene where Stacy's body was found

The bodies were found 20 metres apart near a railway track, after a search lasting three weeks.

Mother of Stacy arriving at morgue

Christiane Granziero, mother of Stacy, arrived at the mortuary to see the body of her seven-year-old child on Thursday.

Mother of Nathalie Mahy

Catherine Dizier, mother of Nathalie, also arrived to see her dead child at the Liege mortuary.

Abdellah Ait Oud is transported to prison after being interrogated by Belgian police in Liege

Convicted child rapist Abdellah Ait Oud - here being taken to jail after interrogation - has been charged with abducting the girls, but denies any involvement.




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