British tourists arrested for gang raping British woman in Mallorca

The disturbing trend of alleged gang rapes involving young tourists on the Spanish island of Mallorca continues as three British citizens, suspected to be connected to the third recent case, faced their initial court hearings on Saturday.

Attempting to flee the country, the trio was intercepted at Palma Son Sant Joan Airport just as they were preparing to board a flight bound for Manchester, Britain.

Medical evaluation of the alleged victim revealed signs consistent with sexual violence, intensifying the gravity of the situation.

According to a spokesperson from the Spanish Civil Guard speaking to the Manchester Evening News, “This morning a central response unit received an alert about a possible sexual aggression from a hotel in the municipality.”

Preliminary evidence pointed towards the victim possibly being drugged, as she informed the police that she felt severely unwell, potentially due to the consumption of some form of drug. While she couldn’t provide the full identities of the alleged perpetrators, she did mention recognizing a nickname used by one of them on a social network.

Despite this limited information, law enforcement was able to identify the suspects swiftly. The spokesperson further noted, “Officers identified the alleged aggressors who had just abandoned the hotel with the intention of taking a flight back to their home country.”

This incident follows closely on the heels of another brutal attack earlier in the month, where six individuals, including five French nationals and one Swiss national, were arrested on suspicion of gang raping a British woman at the same hotel where the most recent assault occurred.

In a previous incident in July, six German men were apprehended for the alleged rape of an 18-year-old German woman at a hotel in Mallorca.

Authorities have indicated that it’s likely the three British nationals arrested in this case will be held at the same facility as the Swiss and French detainees related to the earlier attack.