“I will never forget it,” he said.
Police are currently reviewing CCTV footage of the area and will meet with the owners of the restaurant this afternoon.
The tree-lined boulevard in the district of Montmarte is a popular nightlife destination and home of the famous cabaret the Moulin Rouge. The street is dotted with bars, restaurants, fast-food outlets, adult shops, and cabarets.
In a statement, the Paris prosecutor’s office said it had started an investigation into the alleged “gang rape likely to have been committed on the night of July 19 to 20”. No arrests have been made.
“A woman born in August 1998 in Australia reported the facts in taking refuge in a restaurant in the 18th arrondissement, where she was taken care of by the firefighters,” the statement read.
French police patrol the city ahead of the Olympic Games. Credit: Eddie Jim
The woman did not speak French and was found wandering outside the kebab shop, local publication Le Figaro reported. Police were told her dress was inside out.
Local police officers and a fire crew took the woman to the nearby Bichat-Claude Bernard hospital.
A police source with knowledge of the case said the woman wasn’t able to provide details about the place and circumstances of the alleged assault and was reluctant to formally report it to the police because she had been planning to return to Australia over the weekend.
“Despite all the obstacles investigators will do everything possible to quickly identify these people and send them to justice,” police said.
“Several investigation techniques will be used along with technical and scientific police.”
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