A police investigation is underway after an Australian woman claimed she was gang raped in Paris.
The woman (25) claims that she was attacked and raped by 5 men “of African appearance” last weekend, just days before the opening of the Olympic games in Paris.
The alleged victim was caught on CCTV in a distraught state asking for help at a Kebab Shop near the Moulin Rouge in a busy nightlife area of the city.
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An Australian woman has been gang raped in Paris by five men just days ahead of the Olympic Games opening ceremony. pic.twitter.com/Z5PKKQ6pjD
— Clown Down Under 🤡 (@clowndownunder) July 23, 2024
Witnesses said that the woman was in tears and that her damaged dress was on her back to front.
Footage of the woman, which has been edited to conceal her identity, shows her entering the restaurant before another woman comes to assist her.
Harrowing security footage reveals the chilling moment when a visibly distressed Australian woman, after enduring a savage gang r*pe by a group of five men 'of African appearance', desperately sought refuge inside a Paris kebab shop—only to be confronted by one of her attackers… pic.twitter.com/ydtLyNvbyo
— Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) July 23, 2024
Seconds later an African man can be seen entering the restaurant at which point the woman reportedly points him out as one of the men who attacked her.
The man is alleged to have approached the woman and patted her on the back before a male customer at the restaurant approaches him and swings in his direction.
Paris Police have said, “The investigation into the charge of gang rape likely to have been committed on the night of 19 to 20 July has been entrusted to the second judicial police district,”.