An investigation has been opened following the alleged rape of an Irish supporter during the night from Sunday to Monday in Bordeaux, where the XV du Trèfle played its first World Cup match on Saturday, Agence France-Presse has learned with the prosecution.
The events took place in a street in the historic center of the city “around midnight”according to the victim, who was “found in the street by a group of Welsh supporters”.
The Irish supporter was then heard in the accommodation she was renting in the neighborhood “by Irish police officers who were providing reinforcement in town” this week-end. Bordeaux hosted a second match of the 2023 World Cup between Wales and Fiji on Sunday evening.
Biological samples
According to the victim’s statements, she was sexually assaulted “by several authors”, who then fled. An investigation was opened, entrusted to departmental security.
The victim was immediately taken care of by the Bordeaux emergency reception center for assault victims and a victim support association, “in English”.
Biological samples have been taken, others are in progress on his clothes. The images from the district’s video surveillance cameras are also being studied in order to find the perpetrators, according to the prosecution.