A BRITISH tourist was allegedly raped while on holiday in Greece, in a horrific attack near a bar.
Cops have arrested the suspect, a 26-year-old man in the municipality of Akti-Vonitsa in the western part of the country.
The man was arrested after a 24-year-old British tourist is said to have reported the rape to the local police.
The woman claimed the suspect forced her to commit sexual acts near a bar in the area of Paleros.
The alleged incident happened on Friday with the woman claiming the suspect used physical violence to force himself on her, local media reported.
Officers from the Akti Vonitsa Police Department launched a manhunt in the area to find the suspect.
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The 26-year-old was arrested and a criminal case for rape has been filed against him.
He will be taken to the First Instance Prosecutor’s Office in Lefkada, Greek police said in a press statement.
The 24-year-old Brit is expected to undergo a forensic examination.
Earlier this month two Brit tourists were raped in the Spanish city of Valencia after being drugged on a night out.
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And an inquest heard that a woman was raped and brutally murdered by an Uber driver after a "girl's night out" at a popular tourist bar in Beirut, Lebanon.
And last month another tourist claimed she was raped by another Brit holidaymaker in Magaluf.
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