Nine Iraqi refugees have been arrested in Austria on suspicion of gang-raping a 28-year-old German woman in a case that could ignite debate of immigration and crime ahead of this Autumn’s presidential election re-run.

The arrest of the nine Iraqis, all either asylum seekers or recently granted asylum, comes as Austria’s anti-immigrant Freedom Party seeks to over-turn the result of June’s presidential election after mounting a successful legal challenge to pave the way for a re-run on October 2.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/15/nine-refugees-accused-of-austria-gang-rape-stoking-election-fear/

("The Daily Telegraph", 15.08.2016)

By PETER FOSTER, Europe Editor and Balazs Cseko, VIENNA

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