Six tourists arrested after alleged gang rape in Majorca hotel room

15 July 2023 , 18:37
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The 18 year-old woman had been on holiday with her friends. (Image: ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The 18 year-old woman had been on holiday with her friends. (Image: ASSOCIATED PRESS)

An 18-year old woman has alleged that she was raped by multiple attackers after going back to a man's hotel room.

The German woman claims the attack happened on Thursday afternoon in Playa de Palma, Majorca.

The six suspects, also German, aged between 21 and 23, are expected to testify before a judge today.

Five of them were arrested some hours after the woman reported the rape to the authorities.

Six tourists arrested after alleged gang rape in Majorca hotel room dqxikeidqkikdinvhe National Police have arrested a sixth man involved in the alleged gang rape of a young woman in a hotel in Playa de Palma. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The sixth alleged perpetrator who initially tried to evade police was arrested later that day.

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The woman, who had been on holiday with her friends had been at Palma Beach with a man, 20, who she had met on the island

The woman walked back to the man’s hotel, but when they arrived at the room, there were another five young Germans who were drinking, according to Ultima Hora.

The woman said she tried to leave but the group would not allow her to go.

She alleges that some of the men raped her while others watched.

The woman then reported the incident to the hotel's receptionist who alerted the authorities.

She was taken to the Son Llàtzer .

Agents of the Family and Women's Care Unit of the National Police have launched an investigation.

Earlier this week, a British tourist was arrested at Majorca’s Palma Airport after 38-year-old man allegedly raped his 24-year-old girlfriend at a hotel on the island.

The man was held as he tried to fly home after the 24-year-old woman went to police to say he had raped her in a hotel room bathroom.

While last week, a British tourist was allegedly .

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The woman, 21, told police the attack took place on the sand by a walkway at beach after she was separated from her friends.

Emilia Randall

Rape, Hospitals

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