A WOMAN in her 60s was raped by a migrant while walking her dog in the same park a gang of expats brutally attacked and gang raped a teen, forcing her boyfriend to watch.
The quiet Tor Tre park in Rome has become the centre of shocking catalogue of sexual violence, with police now probing a string of assaults stretching back months.
The first attack came in the early hours of the morning in August, when a 60-year-old woman was attacked around 6am.
She was dragged into the park near the Via degli Olmi entrance and raped with such force she suffered two broken ribs.
Despite her injuries, she managed to reach the Casilino hospital emergency room, where doctors confirmed clear signs of violent assault.
Detectives later traced the culprit – a 26-year-old Gambian construction worker captured on local CCTV.
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He admitted being under the influence of drugs at the time.
The same man was also linked to another rape just days later, when a 44-year-old woman was attacked at a bus stop.
He is now locked up in Regina Coeli prison.
But the nightmare in Tor Tre Teste didn’t end there.
On October 25, just weeks after the dog-walker attack, up to five migrants targeted a young Italian couple parked quietly in a corner of the same park.
The pair – both naked – had stopped their car on what should have been a calm evening in the eastern suburbs of Rome.
But within minutes a gang surrounded the vehicle, savaging the car in a crazed outburst before smashing the windows.
Once the glass shattered, one attacker forced open the door and yanked the 24-year-old man out into the darkness.
His 18-year-old fiancée was dragged out seconds later as she desperately tried to cover herself with whatever clothing she could grab.
The man told police he was pinned back by two migrants as the others hauled his fiancée away from the car.
He begged, screamed and threatened the gang – but was helpless as they allegedly raped the terrified teen metres from the vehicle.
His desperate cries went unheard.
After the assault, the attackers grabbed the couple’s belongings and fled into the night.
The traumatised pair immediately reported the attack.
Rome’s Flying Squad launched a major investigation, quickly identifying suspects as the hunt widened across Italy.
Two Moroccan men were arrested in the capital within days.
A third suspect was tracked down in Venice and detained just recently.
Police matched fingerprints lifted from the shattered car window to one of the men held in custody.
Another suspect was identified through photographs by the victim.
But detectives warn the case isn’t over – with the couple reporting three attackers, and fears that more men may have been lurking in the darkness.
Officers say the assault appears to have begun as a robbery, given the stolen belongings – but spiralled into a horrific sexual attack.
Authorities initially kept the arrests under wraps while the manhunt continued.
The disturbing rise in gang rapes across Italy has sparked mass protests against both migrant crime and violence against women.
Last November, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni publicly acknowledged a link between increasing sexual violence and rising numbers of migrants, particularly undocumented men.
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Before her election victory, Meloni had already warned of the scale of the crisis by sharing a shocking video of a woman being raped on a pavement in Piacenza – an attack carried out by a migrant – saying it reflected a growing national emergency.
Now, after yet another series of brutal assaults, Tor Tre Teste park has become the grim symbol of what campaigners say is a wider crisis authorities can no longer ignore.