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Trio arrested over reported rape of teenage girls

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Wiltshire Police said it is taking the incident "incredibly seriously".

Three people have been arrested in connection with an alleged rape attack on three teenage girls under 16.

It comes after Wiltshire Police officers were called out to a property in Ratcoombe Road in Swindon on 31 May.

Three men, aged 24, 20 and 18, were arrested on suspicion of rape and bailed while enquiries continue.

The force said it believes this was a "targeted" incident, adding it is taking it "incredibly seriously".

Det Supt Craig Rathbone said: "I appreciate the community concern this incident will cause, however please be assured it is being treated as a targeted incident that occurred within a property in the course of one evening.

"We are taking this incident incredibly seriously and have already made three arrests in connection with it," he added.

Wiltshire Police said the victims are being ed by specially-trained officers.

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