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Gardaí investigating the alleged rape of a teenage girl on a playground in Co Mayo on Saturday seeks to speak to three young men.
No arrests have been made and the Garda said Monday that investigations were ongoing.
The 15-year-old was in Charlestown on Saturday afternoon with friends at 2 p.m. when she met three young men who had traveled to the area in a black car.
The girls are understood to have spent some time in the company of the men and had walked through Charlestown before the victim was allegedly raped by a man on a playground in the Lowpark area of the city.
The Gardaí has made a public call for anyone with information to come forward, especially anyone in the Lowpark area or in the town square between 2pm and 8pm on Saturday.
The youths are known to have traveled to Charlestown from a city in the south of the county.
The girl was treated at the hospital Saturday night and is believed to be badly traumatized by the attack.
A forensic examination of the scene was completed. Gardaí de Claremorris is leading the investigation.
“Gardaí is requesting information from the public regarding the rape of a teenage girl that reportedly occurred on a playground in the Lowpark area of Charlestown, Co Mayo, on 09/26/2020,” said a spokesperson.
“Anyone with information, particularly anyone in the vicinity of the Square and / or Lowpark areas of Charlestown between 2 pm and 8 pm, should contact Garda in Claremorris at 094-9372080 or the line Garda confidential at 1800-666111 “.
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