Irish police have charged a man over an alleged attack on two girls who are understood to have been lured away from a party.
The man, believed to be in his 30s, was one of three people detained
after the children, who are aged six and nine, were subjected to a
serious sexual assault in Athlone, County Westmeath.Two men who were in the home where the alleged attacks took place were released without charge on Monday morning.
The suspect will appear before the District Court on Tuesday morning.
The alleged assaults took place on Saturday afternoon while a group of children were celebrating a friend's birthday.
While the party was under way, the girls were playing outside and are believed to have been enticed to a house by a man who was not attending the celebration.
It is believed they managed to flee from their attackers by climbing out of a window.
The girls ran back to the house where the party was taking place and raised the alarm.
Earlier around 150 people protested in the town centre near to where the man was being questioned.
The spontaneous gathering included parents who wanted to show support for the families of the girls.
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