POLICE in Majorca have arrested two men accused of raping a third UK holidaymaker they met through gay dating app Grindr.
The violent incident that led to the arrests took place at an unnamed hotel in the east-coast tourist resort of Cales de Mallorca, Spain.
Two Brits were arrested after raping a holidaymaker in Spain
GettyThe alleged attack took place at an unnamed hotel in the tourist resort of Cales de Mallorca[/caption]
The alleged victim ended up in hospital needing stitches for injuries he suffered during the alleged sex attack.
The man who arranged to meet the two suspects is said to have told them in messages before and conversations after they hooked up that all he was interested in was “kisses and cuddles” because he had never had full sex, according to local reports.
The alleged rape occurred last Friday after he accepted an invite to the other two men’s room after they had enjoyed drinks around the pool.
The local news outlet, Ultima Hora, said he fled the room following the “sex attack” and after realising he was hurt, went to a hospital in the nearby town of Manacor where medics gave him stitches for his injuries.
The suspects, who have not been named, are said to have been released on bail pending an ongoing criminal probe after appearing before a judge on Saturday.
The hearing took place behind closed doors, a common practice in Spain, where only trials are held in public.
The alleged victim is understood to have given investigators screen grabs of the messages he exchanged with the other two Brits on Grindr where he made it clear what his limits were.
National Police on the island have not yet made any official comment.
Friday’s detentions follow a number of other rape arrests in Majorca over the summer.
The most high-profile were those of five French and one Swiss tourist in the early hours of August 14 at the BH Mallorca Resort in Magaluf following the alleged gang-rape of a British 18-year-old.
They were all remanded in prison by an investigating judge leading an ongoing probe.
Two more suspects were subsequently held in France on European Arrest Warrants so they could be extradited to Spain.
Less than a fortnight later three British holidaymakers were arrested on suspicion of raping a woman at another Magaluf hotel.
The trio were held as they tried to board a flight to Manchester.
The woman who raised the alarm, who well-placed sources said at the time was also British, had claimed she may have been drugged.
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