ROME: A teenage Uzbek fencer has accused three Italian athletes, who compete in the same sport, of rape during a training camp last summer, according to local media reports on Sunday.
Italian daily Il Messaggero reported that the assault allegedly took place in August in the Tuscan town of Chianciano Terme, near Siena, where a number of fencers from different countries took part in the camp.
After waking up and realising that she had been assaulted by the men, the newspaper reports, the 17-year-old went to hospital in Rome where she underwent tests and reported the incident to police.
News agency Ansa said that traces of drugs and alcohol were found in the blood of the young fencer.
Prosecutors in Siena have opened an investigation into the alleged rape, but the teenager's lawyer said that Italy's fencing federation has taken no action against the alleged attackers. -- AFP