Three charged after woman was ‘lured on Facebook to the Eiffel Tower and gang-raped’

Three charged after woman was 'lured to the Eiffel Tower and gang-raped'
The girl is said to have been lured to the park on Facebook under the pretence of ‘drinking Coca-cola and eating strawberries and grapes’ (Picture: Getty Images)

Three men have been charged after a woman was allegedly lured to the Eiffel Tower on Facebook and then gang-raped.

The men, who are all allegedly of Algerian origin, were arrested in a hotel in Paris earlier this week on suspicion of raping the French woman in the Champs-de-Mars garden, which is close to the iconic tower.

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One of the men is believed to have spoken to the victim on Facebook before arranging to meet her in the capital last Sunday.

She had reportedly been invited to ‘drink Coca-Cola and eat strawberries and grapes’ in the garden, but it was a set-up and she was allegedly dragged into the bushes and attacked.

The Paris prosecutor’s office, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the ongoing investigation, confirmed the men had been arrested and charged.

The men, who reportedly live in Germany, are currently being held in custody.

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