Woman in her 20s ‘raped on Brighton beach’ as cops put up huge cordon with man, 28, arrested

COPS have launched an investigation after a woman was allegedly raped on Brighton beach in a horror attack during the early hours. A 28-year-old man has been arrested after the victim, aged in her 20s, was reportedly targeted on the popular East Sussex beach. A huge cordon remains in place on the beach this morning Credit: eddie mitchell A 28-year-old man has been arrested following the alleged attack Credit: eddie mitchell Cops have since swarmed the scene and a huge cordon remains in place on the seafront this morning. The tourist hotspot is eerily quiet today as beachgoers are unable to access an area between the i360 Tower and volleyball courts. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Pictures show officers spread out across the pebbled shoreline, with some carrying bags of evidence away. Cops confirmed a 28-year-old suspect has been arrested on suspicion of rape and is currently being held in police custody. Pictures show officers spread out across the shingle shoreline, with some carrying bags of evidence away Credit: eddie mitchell The tourist hotspot is eerily quiet today Credit: eddie mitchell Sussex Police has urged anyone with information on the alleged rape, which is believed to have happened overnight, to come forward. The force said: “Police are investigating a report of a rape of a woman in her 20s on Brighton Beach that is understood to have taken place overnight on Tuesday 4 August into Wednesday 5 August. “The victim is receiving support from specialist trained officers. “A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape and remains in custody at this time. Most read in The Sun “Anyone with information is asked to contact police online or by calling 101, quoting serial 228 of 05/08.” It comes after three migrants were jailed for gang-raping a woman on the same beach and laughing as they spat on and kicked her. Egyptian nationals Karin Al-Danasurt, 20, and Ibrahim Alshafe, 25, and Iranian national Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, targeted the woman last October. The fiends treated her “like meat” as she was “repeatedly abused for their sexual gratification and entertainment”. In a chilling prolonged attack, the trio laughed as they kicked the woman and spat on her while filming the horror in Brighton. Alshafe and Ahmadi were jailed for 21 years each after they were convicted of gang-raping the woman following a harrowing trial. Al-Danasurt, who filmed the brutal attack, was locked up for 18 years and six months after he was also jointly found guilty on all four counts of rape. The men, who were described as being “devoid of humanity”, will spend six years on licence once they are released from prison.