Israeli dozen remanded in gang rape case

A Famagusta district court ordered twelve suspects from Israel to be remanded in custody for eight days, in connection with an investigation into an alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old British female in Ayia Napa.
The hearing took place in a Famagusta courtroom on Thursday around noon in a closed session. Reports said the judge approved a special request to hold the remand hearing behind closed doors, on the basis that at least one suspect was under the legal age of 18.
The accuser, a 19-year-old British female tourist, filed a complaint with police on Wednesday morning, telling investigators she was gang raped hours earlier in one of the suspects' hotel room in Ayia Napa. She implicated a total of twelve Israeli males aged between 16 and 18 as the perpetrators, all of whom were later apprehended by local police.
According to Israeli media, three of the dozen suspects...