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Australian woman is said to have been the victim of a gang rape in Paris a few days before the start of the Olympic Games

The French daily newspaper Le Figaro reported that a 25-year-old Australian woman told police that she was attacked and raped by a gang of men in the early hours of Saturday morning before she sought help at a kebab shop near the Moulin Rouge.

The newspaper reported that a store employee said she had put the dress on inside out, while police said the woman could not provide further details about the location of the attack.

The Paris public prosecutor’s office said an investigation into the alleged attack was underway.

“The investigation into the allegation of gang rape, which is believed to have taken place on the night of July 19-20, has been transferred to the Second Criminal Investigation District,” it said in a statement.