a 63-year-old woman victim of gang rape and beaten after a burglary

Lozère: a 63-year-old woman victim of gang rape and beaten after a burglary in Mende. Investigation in progress.

Three people broke into a host family's house and violently attacked the occupants. A 63-year-old woman, a tutor, was brutally beaten before being the victim of a gang rape. She suffers from serious head trauma. One of the suspects was arrested.

On the night of November 20 to 21, 2024, in Mende, in Lozère, a 63-year-old woman was the victim of a burglary followed by gang rape. According to information from JDD, the events took place at the home, where the woman was sheltering two teenagers aged 14 and 16 in difficulty. Three individuals broke into the house, violently assaulting the sixty-year-old before raping her. The two young people present in the house were not injured. One of them alerted the police after the attackers left.

The victim, found with a swollen face, was transported to hospital for treatment. There forensic science intervened the next day to carry out analyzes on site. Among the suspects, a homeless adult man and a 16-year-old teenager were arrested. The major was referred to Nîmes parquetwho is in charge of the investigation. The third suspect is still on the run and actively sought by law enforcement.