6 males arrested for alleged gang rape of adlescent vacationer at European trip hotspot

Spanish authorities arrested six German vacationers accused of raping an 18-year-old lady on an island famend as a trip vacation spot. 

Police in Playa de Palma on Spain’s Mallorca island arrested the six German vacationers on Thursday after an alleged gang rape in a resort room earlier that morning.

The detained males are all between the ages of ​​20 and 21.

Mallorca is understood for its Mediterranean seashores, wineries and nightlife, making it a prime European vacationer vacation spot.

The feminine sufferer, who was additionally on trip, and a bunch of her associates visited Playa de Palma Boulevard on Wednesday night, which is understood for its bar and nightclub scene.

She met one of many German suspects and drank with him earlier than going again to his resort room, The Associated Press reported. 

She instructed police that she tried to depart the resort room, however the suspects prevented her from fleeing.

A number of of the suspects then allegedly raped {the teenager}.

The incident occurred at about 3:40 am Thursday, in keeping with the lady’s assertion to police. 

She was finally in a position to flee and alerted a receptionist on the resort, who known as the authorities. 

5 of the boys had been arrested when police arrived.

The sixth suspect fled the scene however was arrested later Thursday. 

Gang rape can carry sentences of as much as 15 years in jail beneath Spanish regulation. 

A British vacationer was arrested in Might on the Palma Airport in Mallorca on suspicion of raping his son’s feminine good friend and allegedly making an attempt to flee the nation, according to the Daily Mail.

Whereas one other British vacationer was arrested on the identical airport final week on suspicion of raping his girlfriend of their resort room on the island, The Scottish Solar reported.