Six folks have been arrested over the alleged rape of an 18-year-old British lady on the Spanish vacation island of Majorca.

The suspects, together with 5 French and one Swiss, are all vacationers.

They have been detained shortly after the alleged assault on Monday, within the well-liked occasion vacation spot of Magaluf.

All six are over 20 years of age.

A decide in Palma discovered there have been video clips of the alleged rape on not less than one of many suspects' telephones, police stated.

Officers cited the sufferer's assertion the place she stated she met the suspects and later went again to the resort room of one among them, the place she was allegedly sexually assaulted by all six.

The sufferer was present in a distressed state by the resort's safety, who known as the Civil Guard - one among Spain's nationwide police forces.

The alleged sufferer obtained speedy medical consideration and counselling.

The detainees appeared earlier than a decide in a court docket in Palma on Tuesday.

They are all being held in jail, however haven't been formally charged, because the investigation is ongoing.

Gang rape is taken into account an aggravating issue that may carry sentences of as much as 15 years of jail in Spain.

Several instances of gang rape in recent times have shocked the nation.

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