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A migrant teenager accused of gang-raping a 14-year-old girl with his school friends in Austria has moved to the UK, it has been reported.

The unidentified boy is one of six youngsters who terrorised the girl at the school in Graz, Austria's second city, for months.

On one occasion, the schoolboys allegedly dragged their terrified victim out of the girls' toilets, stripped her naked and raped her in the canteen.

The attack is said to have taken place in May last year when the girl locked herself in a toilet after being mobbed by the boys, who were aged between 15 and 16, in the playground.

The boys then allegedly forced themselves inside the bathroom and dragged the girl out and raped her.

Local media reported the traumatised schoolgirl said she begged other children standing around to help her but no one intervened.

The teenagers are accused of then dragging the schoolgirl into the school canteen where she was stripped naked and gang raped.

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Witnesses told police the girl's screams could be heard 'throughout the whole school', and that they were stunned when teachers did nothing. And when she turned up late for class, she was reprimanded, it is claimed.

The boys are said to be of African origin, the Kleine Zeitung reported. Local media says the rape was revenge for the girl dumping one of the boys, Austrian media has reported.

A spokesman for the Graz prosecutor Hansjoerg Bacher told MailOnline that all six boys are from migrant families.

He said they were being investigated for four alleged rapes - one of which is said to have happened in the school medical room.

He said all six of the suspects had been released on bail and one of them has since travelled to the UK.

Bacher confirmed: "We have not interviewed him because he is in England. We are in contact with his parents but we do not know when he will be returning.

"We are in contact with the family defence lawyer. The boy is in England with his parents. He moved after the case became public although it is not believed that the move was connected with the allegations.

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"It was already planned family move. We do not know when it will be possible to interview the boy about the allegations and at the moment he has not been interviewed."

Prosecutors are now investigating 18 students and staff who are accused of doing nothing to prevent the attack.

Bacher said the female Austrian teacher had been questioned and was under suspicion of either knowing about the attack and not doing anything, or acting too late.

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The girl only came forward with her story months after the alleged attacks after she moved to a new school and confided in a teacher.

The school director has denied knowing anything about the attack, adding what the boys were alleged to have done was simply unbelievable.