Police investigating report of student rape at Seattle middle school

seattle police are investigating a reported rape at a southeast seattle school in which a student says she was attacked by a boy who forced her into a school restroom at gunpoint.

seattle police are investigating a reported rape at a southeast seattle school in which a student says she was attacked by a boy who forced her into a school restroom at gunpoint.

The 14-year-old victim of the June 11 attack at Aki Kurose Middle School told police she was accosted by a former classmate while she was walking in a second-floor hallway during the sixth period, when she did not have a class.

According to a police report, the girl said her attacker approached her in the hallway and "lifted his shirt and displayed what appeared to be a handgun tucked in his waistband."

He then ordered her into a boys' restroom, pushed her into a stall and sexually assaulted her.

After she reported the assault, a toy gun, with a plastic chrome barrel and brown handle, was recovered in a restroom trash can and turned over to police.

According to the police report, the suspect in the incident was expelled.

school officials could not be reached for comment.

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Thursday, June 19, 2008 |

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