Police: Mohammed al-Fayed may have had more than a hundred victims | News in brief

Dozens of new accusations against the dead billionaire Mohamed al Fayed

Mohammed al-Fayed, the late owner of the Harrods department store, is suspected of having committed sexual crimes. The police are investigating whether al-Fayed’s close circle helped him carry out his act.

The London police have launched an investigation into the late owner of the Harrods department store by Mohammed al-Fayed suspected rapes and other sexual crimes. The police are investigating whether al-Fayed’s close circle helped him carry out his act.

During the investigation, the police have found a total of 111 possible victims, the newspaper The Guardian says. The youngest suspected victim was 13 years old.

In September, the public broadcasting company BBC published a documentary film, according to which al-Fayed sexually exploited female employees of his department store and other companies. According to the documentary, Harrods did not intervene in al-Fayed’s activities but covered it up.

Al-Fayed denied the allegations while he was alive. He sold Harrods in 2010.

Sources: Reuters, AFP

Added on 28.11. at 8:34 a.m. information that the youngest suspected victim was 13 years old.

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