An Australian woman has allegedly been raped by a group of men at a Paris nightlife precinct, French media are reporting.
The 25-year-old woman said she was raped by five men before finding refuge at a kebab restaurant on Saturday night, police sources told local publication Le Figaro.
French police patrol the city ahead of the Olympic Games. Credit: Eddie Jim
The Paris prosecutors office told the publication that local police would investigate.
The attack was said to have taken place at the Boulevard de Clichy, a famous street in the 18th arrondissement near the Moulin Rouge nightclub.
The Australian woman did not speak French, Le Figaro reported, and was found wandering outside the kebab restaurant around 5am on Sunday.
Police were told her dress was inside out.
Local police and a fire crew took the woman to the nearby Bichat hospital. No arrests have been made.
She was unable to tell police specifics about the location or circumstances surrounding the alleged attack.
“The Australian embassy in Paris is making urgent enquiries with French authorities following reports of an Australian citizen assaulted in Paris,” a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson said.
“The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade stands ready to provide consular assistance.”
The incident comes as tourists, athletes and the world’s media flock to Paris ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony on Friday (French time).
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