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BY PATRICK KNOX

THE SUN

Victim had clothes pulled off by armed men and was sexually assaulted before cops arrived and turned off the camera

The two men, aged 18 and 20, who are both from Afghanistan, were arrested in the city at the weekend after police were tipped off by social media users, it was reported by The Local newspaper.

Two of the alleged attackers pose with what looks like a revolver during the live-stream attack

This is reportedly the moment a police officer arrived at the scene and confronted the attackers

The third man, a Swedish citizen aged 24 according to court documents seen by The Local, was detained on suspicion of failing to reveal rape which shocked the world after it appeared on Facebook live.

The three, who cannot be legally identified under Swedish law, have not been charged.

In Sweden a person suspected of a serious crime can be detained without being charged with the approval of a court.

But this is only if there is a risk they will flee the country.

According to the Local, the men deny the accusations.

“I have seen stronger evidence in my days,” the 24-year-old’s lawyer, Andreas Welin, told Sweden’s largest news agency TT after the pre-trial hearing.

The lawyer representing the 20-year-old, Christer Söderberg, says: “A woman is said to have been raped in an apartment. He is suspected of that.