Five arrested after rape and torture claims

FIVE men were arrested, including the son of a high-ranking Libyan police officer, after a woman claimed she was raped and tortured by men connected to Colonel Gaddafi’s regime, Sky News has reported.

Libya’s deputy foreign minister Khalid Kaim revealed the men detained as part of a investigation into the rape allegations made by Iman al-Obeidi.

The Libyan woman stormed into a Tripoli hotel on Saturday to tell foreign reporters that government troops raped her, setting off a brawl when hotel staff and government minders tried to detain her.