British tourist gang-raped in Paris after music festival: cops
A British tourist was allegedly gang-raped on a Paris street after partying at a music festival over the weekend in a twisted attack that may have been filmed, cops said.
The victim was found crying and clutching her underwear after leaving the Olympia concert hall in the French city’s 9th arrondissement in the early hours of Saturday, local outlet Le Figaro reported.
The distraught woman, who was rushed to a nearby hospital, told investigators that a group of men had dragged her to a secluded area and sexually assaulted her.
She said her sick attackers then stole her phone and fled.
Investigators are probing whether the men may have filmed the horrid attack.
“She was walking back from a concert at the Olympia music venue and says she was approached by a group of men,” a police source told the outlet.
“They surrounded her, and attacked her, and the fear is that they recorded their actions using their mobile phones.”
The woman remained in the hospital as of Monday and was undergoing tests.
No arrests have yet been made.
Authorities haven’t disclosed any details about the victim, including her age, due to French law.
Her attack was one of several that unfolded during Fête de la Musique — a festival event that’s celebrated nationwide.
Five girls, ages 13 to 17, were injected with a mysterious substance as they celebrated another event in Paris’ Saint-Maur-des-Fossés neighborhood.
The victims in that case, who witnesses say looked nauseous and were experiencing dizziness, alerted cops after all feeling stings in their arms.
The rape also comes a week after a 12-year-old Jewish girl was gang-raped in Paris in what cops described as a sickening antisemitic attack.
Three French boys were arrested over the attack.
