British police say nine men have been questioned by detectives investigating a suspected case of child sex abuse in northwest England.
Police in Manchester say that the men, aged from 24 to 38 years old, are suspected of sexual activity with a child.
The men are not thought to know each other, and have been bailed pending further enquiries. It is not clear if the latest series of arrests are related to the sentencing Wednesday of nine other men convicted of luring girls as young as 13 years old into sex using alcohol and drugs.
Those convicted were all of Pakistani or Afghan origin. Both the latest arrests and the child sex ring case took place in Rochdale, near Manchester.