A tweet that went viral on Wednesday showed a naked 16-year-old regaining consciousness with the message, "Pounded the girl - Get it. Hahaha!" The same day, another man posted another tweet with a picture of his face next to the girl's private parts with the lewd message, “Rio state opens a new tunnel for the speed train.”

The Rio police are currently investigating the report filed by the girl against 30 men who drugged and raped her last weekend, including her 19-year-old boyfriend.

"This is the famous slut from Barão", says one man on the video as he films the girl lying unconscious. "Over 30 guys have made her pregnant", says another man, laughing. At least three male voices can be heard in the video boasting of the gang rape.

At present, the police has issued only four arrest warrants but are looking for 30 suspects.

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While both the Twitter accounts were suspended after the complaint was filed, 550 people had liked it! There were many who responded to the tweets with smileys and thumbs-up icons accompanying vulgar remarks on the woman.

After the 36 hour-long brutality, the victim was taken to a hospital by a local. She then tried to escape from the hospital several times, pleading "I just want to go home".

The vicious rape has sparked a new range of protest against the crimes on women in Brazil. Women constitute 52 per cent of the population of the country.

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In Brazil, a woman is raped every 11 minutes, according to data released by the Brazilian Forum on Public Security at the end of last year. In 2015, the country recorded 47,646 cases of rape.

The Human Rights Commission of Rio de Janeiro issued a statement, "It is an act of barbarity and cowardice. The attack on this young woman is also an aggression against all women. We are seeing an increasing dehumanization and disrespect for others. The main victims have been women. Our solidarity with the young victim, her family and all women".

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What has triggered greater angst across the nation is the fact that local media have almost completely blacked out the news of the rape. "The Brazilian media had covered the Nirbhaya case in great detail and repeatedly mentioned that "India is an unsafe place for women. People talk of India and every case of rape there is reported. But India is here. In India, the case generated strong reaction, but our reality is similar," Silvia Chakian, a prosecutor of Sao Paulo told the BBC.