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Date Published: 13/03/2023

ARCHIVED - Two men suspected of sexually assaulting American, 19, outside Barcelona nightclub

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The woman was reportedly hit on the head by her attackers

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Two men suspected of sexually assaulting American, 19, outside Barcelona nightclub

A 19-year-old American woman was allegedly the victim of sexual assault in Barcelona, Spain this Saturday, March 11, while she was out clubbing.

Catalonia Police are investigating the alleged assault of the woman, whom local press described as “English-speaking”.

The incident is reported to have taken place at around 4am in the early hours of Saturday morning, just outside the ‘Input’ nightclub in Barcelona’s Poble Espanyol open-air museum.

The woman was found on the street in a state of shock with a wound to her head, cuts and bruises to her knees and her underwear pulled down. She told the security guards at the club that she had been hit over the head by a stone.

She was taken to the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona for treatment. As yet, no arrests have been made, but investigators are on the hunt for two men who were spotted on CCTV in the area.

In addition, police may have been able to obtain DNA samples from the woman’s underwear, which will help them identify the two suspects.

Joaquim Boadas, General Secretary of the employers’ association for Catalonian clubs, Fecasarm, has vowed to push for the harshest sentence possible in the case: “We will ask for the highest sentence in the Penal Code so that all those people know that the only way out is prison.”

He insisted that clubbing in Barcelona is safe, and he didn’t want this incident to “unfairly tarnish the image of the nightlife sector”.

Related news: British man, 26, arrested for rape in Mallorca

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