The police are investigating a report from a foreign woman who claimed she was raped in Swieqi yesterday.

The alleged incident took place in Triq il-Qasam at about 6am. Though no further details were divulged by the police, sources told The Sunday Times of Malta that the incident happened when the 22-year-old British woman was walking into an apartment and dragged by the aggressor into a nearby garage under construction.

The attcker allegedly ran away. A magisterial inquiry has been launched.

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