A 22-year-old woman said she was raped
during a New Year's Eve party, in the bathroom of the Magnolia
club in Milan's Idroscalo area, the local edition of daily
newspaper Il Giorno reported on Thursday.
The young woman, who lives in a suburban area near Milan and is
of Latin American origin, went to the club with a group of
friends to join a party called "We love 2000" organized to ring
in the New Year, according to the newspaper.
During the evening, the young woman reportedly met a youth whom
she described as being of North African origin.
She said the young man raped her in one of the club's bathrooms
and fled.
The 22-year-old was treated at the local Mangiagalli Hospital.
Carabinieri police have started investigating the incident and
reported the alleged rape to the State attorney's office for the
activation of the red-code procedure to protect women from
violence, investigative sources said.
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