Rio City Hall bans nightclub where rapes allegedly took place

The city of Rio de Janeiro, through the Secretariat of Public Order (Seop), closed the nightclub Portal Club, in Lapa, central region of the capital of Rio de Janeiro, on Thursday night (4). At least two rapes allegedly took place there, according to complaints made to the Center's Women's Assistance Police Station.

According to Seop, the administrative measure was taken preventively, to guarantee public safety and order. The place was closed when the agents arrived and will remain so until the police investigations are completed.

This Thursday, the Fire Department had already informed that it would inspect the site and that it could even be closed. The corporation found that the nightclub did not have all its documentation up to date. The Certificate of Annual Inspection (CVA), which relates to fire and panic safety issues, is pending.

The Civil Police carried out an investigation on Wednesday night (3), at Portal Club. There, there would be the so-called “dark room”, the dark room where the abuse against the South American tourist allegedly took place.

Witnesses are being interviewed and images from the site's monitoring cameras are being analyzed by investigators in an attempt to identify the alleged attackers who committed the crime.

Remember the case

A 25-year-old South American university student reported that the gang rape occurred in the early hours of last Sunday (31). According to the victim, she met a Brazilian who invited her to go to a more private space.

In this place, in the so-called “dark room”, the victim reports having been raped without any chance of defense by a number of men who are unable to specify, as she lost consciousness.

It is not yet known whether the young woman was drugged. She was sent to the Legal Medical Institute (IML) for a criminal examination and was also subjected to toxicological tests.

The Civil Police are also investigating another previous complaint in the same location.

Source: CNN Brasil

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