Brit woman, 25, ‘sexually assaulted and robbed’ by two men who ‘tore off her clothes and stole her jewellery’ in Magaluf
POLICE have arrested two men accused of robbing and sexually assaulting a British tourist in Magaluf.
The pair are said to have ripped the 25-year-old woman’s dress and underwear and stolen her designer watch and jewellery before fleeing the scene as police arrived.
She was taken to hospital for a routine examination before making a statement to the Civil Guard who are now leading the ongoing investigation.
A local paper in Majorca described the incident as a rape and a Civil Guard source said the woman had allegedly been sexually assaulted.
One police officer was left injured when the suspects resisted arrest and is now off work.
The incident happened in the early hours of Friday morning in a street in Magaluf, a short walk from the famous Punta Ballena party strip.
The watch the British woman had on is said to have been worth nearly £2,000.
The men held by police are two Colombians aged 19 and 24 who police suspect belong to a criminal gang operating in Palma and other Majorcan towns including Andratx and Inca.
It was not immediately clear today if a judge remanded them in custody pending an ongoing investigation, or released them on bail following their first court appearance.
Yesterday it emerged that police in Majorca had arrested a 26-year-old British man on suspicion of rape at a hotel in Santa Ponsa near Magaluf.
The hotel name has not yet been reported.
But sources close to the investigation confirmed today the girl allegedly sexually attacked was also British and under the age of 18.
One said: “They were in the same hotel and the man held allegedly raped this girl after forcing her into his room”.
A friend of the youngster said to have suffered the sex attack alerted a receptionist who called police, around 7pm on Friday.
The friend told officers the man held had tried to force her into the room after raping her pal.