Arrests over Cairo gang rape case

Lebanese security forces have arrested three Egyptian men wanted in their home country on charges of involvement in an alleged gang rape six years ago.

The arrest followed an Interpol notice for the suspects at the request of Egypt. A Lebanese security official said“legal and administrative procedures” were under way to deport the three men, who are in their early 30s.

The alleged attack took place at a five -star Cairo hotel in 2014 but details only emerged in July. Last week, Egyptian prosecutors named nine men as suspects–seven had already left the country.