Disturbing CCTV footage has emerged of the moment a young Australian woman sought refuge inside a kebab shop after she was allegedly gang-raped by five men in Paris.
The 25-year-old tourist was found disoriented and unable to speak French outside a kebab shop on Boulevard de Clichy in Paris’ 18th arrondissement about 5 a.m. on Saturday, just meters from Moulin Rouge.
She was reportedly found in a stunned state with her dress “backward” and partially torn off, claiming she’d been raped by five people.
Now CCTV footage has been released showing the terrified woman running into the kebab shop and asking staff for help.
Alarmed customers and staff crowd around her in a bid to comfort her when a man enters the kebab shop.
The woman gestures that the man is her attacker and he brazenly walks up to her and pats her on the back.
A customer then confronts the man and he flees.
Police arrived minutes later, with the woman later telling officers the men were “of African appearance.”
She was taken to Bichat Hospital.
The owner of the shop told 7News that the woman could not stop crying and her dress was damaged.
Other reports said the woman was carrying her underwear in her hand and that she had had her phone stolen.
The woman, whose alleged attack comes days before the Olympic Games is due to start, was planning on traveling back to Australia but will now stay in Paris to help police with their investigation.
The Paris Prosecutor’s Office said an investigation into the incident was underway.
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