Violence f lares over ‘rape attack by migrant gang’

A WOMAN has allegedly been drugged and raped by a gang of migrants – sparking violent demonstrations.

The 26-year-old said she woke up in a strange house with cuts and bruises, and believes her drink had been spiked on a night out before she was abducted and sexually assaulted.

Police arrested and bailed six men from Iraq, Syria and Bahrain over the September 4 incident in Sunderland.

Windows were smashed at the terraced house where the woman says she was attacked, and far-Right supporters joined locals for a protest in which two Asian men were injured and five men were arrested for offences including affray. Sunderland Central MP Julie Elliott last night called for calm.

Three suspected migrants crossed the English Channel in a dinghy yesterday, prompting fresh fears over border security. The men landed on a stretch of Kent coast but were spotted by locals in Walmer, near Dover, as they made for a nearby road. They were arrested just after 9.15am and handed over to immigration officials.