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Four of five teenagers accused of raping an 18-year-old woman at a Brooklyn, New York playground were in custody late Sunday, as authorities defending their handling of the case. Police said two teenagers surrendered and two were apprehended. Charges were pending against a 14-year-old, 17-year-old and two 15-year-olds. A fifth suspect is still being sought.Authorities said the woman was accosted just after 9 p.m. Thursday as she and her father walked inside Osborn Playground in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Police said one of the five suspects pointed a gun at the father and told him to leave. Each man raped the woman, police said. The father returned with two police officers, but the attackers fled.The woman was treated at Kings County Hospital and released.New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement released Sunday that he was "disgusted and deeply saddened by the horrific attack... Every New Yorker in every neighborhood deserves to feel safe and protected, and we will not stop until
