Tourist gang-raped during Brazil kidnapping

An American woman was gang-raped and beaten while her French boyfriend was shackled, hit with a crowbar, and forced to watch the attacks in Rio de Janeiro.

A third man, aged 21, was arrested for the attacks, which took place on a public tranport van in the showcase Copacabana beach neighbourhood over six hours, starting shortly after midnight on Saturday, police said yesterday in a statement. Two men aged 20 and 22 had already been taken into custody for the attacks.

A young Brazilian woman has also come forward to say she was raped by the same men in the van on Mar 23.