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Police investigate 4 alleged rapes in Tel Aviv over the weekend

Three 20-year-old women tell police they were raped by young men they knew in Tel Aviv—two at night clubs and one at her apartment; a 19-year-old man disappears from a club and found several hours later naked and disoriented, saying he was raped; three suspects arrested, two remain in custody.

Police have launched investigations into four reports of rape in Tel Aviv over the weekend of three young women and a 19-year-old young man.

 

 

The first complainant, a 20-year-old woman, told police a man she knew came to visit her at her Tel Aviv apartment on Friday night, claiming he was drinking alcohol and at some point violently attacked and brutally raped her.

 

The suspect, who was found and arrested, insisted the relations were fully consensual, but police investigators questioned his version and asked the court to extend his remand.

 

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The second complainant, also a 20-year-old woman from Tel Aviv, said she was raped by a 21-year-old man she knew at the bathroom of a club on Ibn Gabirol Street in the early hours of Saturday morning.

 

Police arrested the suspect, who confirmed he had sex with the complainant, and that they knew each other, but similarly claimed the relations were fully consensual. He was released under restrictive conditions. Police are investigating both versions.

 

The third complainant, another 20-year-old woman from Tel Aviv, said she was raped by a 20-year-old man she knew, whom she encountered while partying at a club on Ben Avigdor Street in the southern part of the city. She said she left the club with him and went to his car, where he raped her.

 

The suspect, a Ramla resident, was arrested after the report but he refused to cooperate with investigators, and police asked to keep him in custody.

 

The fourth complainant, a 19-year-old man from the Sharon region, was partying with his friends at a club on Carlebach Street in Tel Aviv on Friday night, when he went missing around 2:30am. Several hours later the man was found inside a parked vehicle, with no clothes on, and completely disoriented. He said he had been raped.

 

Police are investigating whether the young man was disoriented because he was drunk, or whether his drink was spiked, following which he was raped. So far, no suspects have been apprehended.

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.14.18, 12:32
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