WorldCyprus police arrest British woman who lodged rape complaint, free 7 detained Israelis

A British woman has been arrested after she recanted her claim that 12 Israeli teens gang-raped her at a hotel in Cyprus, according to reports Sunday.

© Petros Karadjias/AP Photo An Israeli teenager is embraced by relatives after being released from Famagusta police headquarters in southeast town of Paralimni, Cyprus, on July 28, 2019.

A police official said the seven Israelis still behind bars were released from custody Sunday, Reuters reported.

News agencies reported the 19-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of making a false allegation, the BBC reported. She's due in court Monday.

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The 19-year-old British woman suspected of falsely accusing a group of Israelis of gang rape by Cypriot authorities will be held on remand The woman was summoned to the police headquarters where she changed her testimony, saying she voluntarily had sexual intercourse with the young

A British woman who claimed she was gang- raped in Cyprus has been arrested on suspicion of making a An Israeli teenager is embraced by relatives after being released by Cyprus police Credit: AP. I told them what had happened and they immediately told me to file a complaint with police

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"As I have argued throughout the process, there was no rape in Cyprus,” said defense attorney Nir Jeslovich who represented several of the suspects in court, according to the Jerusalem Post. “The young men who went on a vacation that became a nightmare will go home today, and everyone will return to their homes and families.”

Law enforcement in Cyprus arrested 12 Israeli teenagers on July 18 following the woman's report of being raped by a dozen individuals at a resort popular with foreign tourists.

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One law enforcement official told The Associated Press the woman voluntarily recanted during questioning just after midnight, saying there had been sexual contact with the suspects but she wasn't raped.

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Seven Israeli teenagers were freed from custody in Cyprus on Sunday after a 19-year-old British woman admitted her report of being raped by a dozen people was untrue, a lawyer and Cypriot officials said. A lawyer for two of the Israelis said the woman was arrested and faces a public

Twelve Israelis have been detained in Cyprus after a 19-year-old British woman alleged she had been raped in the resort town of Ayia Napa, police said. It is unclear how many suspects are implicated in the case, according to a police official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not

The state-run Cyprus News Agency reported that the woman allegedly told investigators she filed a rape report because she was "angry and insulted" that a number of the Israelis allegedly recorded video of her having sex with some of them.

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One of the teens released last week presented photo evidence showing him sleeping next to his girlfriend at the time of the alleged rape, according to reports.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.