Police in the Adriatic resort
town of Rimini are investigating the alleged rape on Saturday
afternoon of a 20-year-old German tourist by two police cadets,
a 21 and 23-year-old.
The cadets, two Sicilians who were staying at the same hostel
in Rimini as the alleged victim and her two friends, have been
suspended from the police academy they are attending in Brescia
pending the investigation, investigative sources said.
The young woman told her two friends and the owner of the
hostel where the attack allegedly took place that she was raped
as soon as she left the room of the two cadets on Saturday.
The German tourist and her two friends had reportedly gone
out with the cadets on Friday and had planned an outing on
Saturday but were forced to stay at the hostel due to bad
weather.
Police sources said the 20-year-old told investigators that
she was raped in the young men's room after her two friends left
her alone.
The investigation is coordinated by prosecutor Davide
Ercolani.
The two cadets face expulsion from the police academy and
could never take office if found guilty.
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