TOURISTS may have witnessed the alleged gang rape of a British teenager in Magaluf but did nothing to stop it, cops fear.
Six men, five from France and one from Switzerland, have been remanded in custody after the woman, 18, claimed she was attacked in a hotel room.
Louis WoodA British teenager was allegedly gang-raped by six male tourists at a hotel in Magaluf[/caption]
SolarpixA group of six men have been arrested in connection with the case[/caption]
The alleged victim is understood to have since returned to Britain with a female friend she had travelled to the party resort with after receiving help from consular officials.
All six suspects remain in prison after being remanded in custody without bail on Tuesday by an investigating judge heading the ongoing criminal probe.
Sources close to the case said they weren’t ruling out further arrests amid reports police were attempting to identify other tourists who witnessed the alleged attack and “did nothing to stop it.”
Spanish cops have already confirmed they found footage on the suspects’ phones of the alleged attack.
The clips have been handed over to an investigating judge and could form a “key part” of the case.
More than 20 videos were allegedly found on the devices, Ultima Hora reports.
But the six men being held are understood to be alleging they had consensual sex with the teen.
Police sources revealed that the alleged victim met the young French and Swiss tourists at a party and returned to their hotel with them on Monday night.
But after going into one of their rooms she was allegedly sexually assaulted by the six holidaymakers.
She managed to escape and is said to have run to the lobby to look for help.
A security guard then found her sobbing in the hotel lobby and phoned cops.
He told The Sun: “I came in for the morning shift and found her downstairs, she was so upset.
“It was awful.”
The alleged victim gave officers a description of the suspects – all in their twenties – and they were quickly tracked down and arrested.
BH Mallorca Resort, the hotel where the men were staying, says it is cooperating fully with investigators and offered its support to the woman assisted by police.
A spokesman said in a statement: “The BH Mallorca Resort deeply regrets what has happened and would like to manifest its firm and forceful repudiation of the alleged sexual attack that occurred.
“The hotel also wants to demonstrate its solidarity with the alleged victim of this aggression.
“We are co-operating fully with the Civil Guard and its investigators in everything they consider to be necessary.
“This hotel ratifies through this statement its commitment to the condemnation of all types of sexual attacks that affect peoples’ dignity and physical integrity.
“Behaviour that undermines those rights has no place in this establishment.”
A Civil Guard spokesman added: “I can confirm we are investigating an alleged gang-rape at a hotel in Magaluf.
“The investigation is ongoing and involves a team of officers specialising in probing alleged sex crimes in Magaluf.”
SolarpixFive of the suspects are French, while one is Swiss[/caption]
The alleged victim claims she met them at a part and returned to the hotel with them, at which point they attacked her in one of the roomsSolarpix
SolarpixSources claim the judge has seen one of the videos of the alleged rapes[/caption]