Mumford and Sons 'appalled' at sexual violence reported at Swedish festival
Mumford and Sons are speaking out after reports that numerous attendees were sexually assaulted at Sweden's Bravalla Festival over the weekend.
There were five police reports of rape and 12 of sexual molestation, according to the Telegraph. Bravalla is Sweden's largest music festival and Mumford and Sons served as one of the headliners, but the group is now saying they "won't play at this festival again" until something is done about the sexual assault problem.
"We're appalled to hear what happened at the Bravalla Festival last weekend," the band said in a statement on Facebook.
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Swedish pop star Zara Larsson also spoke out, angrily tweeting that the rapists "deserve to burn in hell."
Elsewhere in Sweden, there were 32 reports of attacks at a three-day festival in Karlstad, according to AP. A 12-year-old was the youngest alleged victim.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said it was "totally unacceptable" and would be in the "process of reviewing" sexual assault laws.
"It's also important that we continue to ensure that police, prosecutors and other officials are better equipped to investigate such crimes and actually catch the perpetrators," he said.
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Yohana Desta was the senior film reporter for Mashable. She is a Northern Virginia native and an American University grad. She enjoys carefully curating her Instagram account and can often be found reading books, going to concerts, watching movies and learning way too much about pop culture.
