German police are investigating another horrific gang rape apparently involving a seven-year-old girl who had been living at an asylum centre.

The incident allegedly happened in Hamburg where the girl had been accepted at a first registration home in the city's quarter of Bahrenfeld.

Police were called in the early evening after a report that a seven-year-old girl was the victim of a gang rape at the centre on the Albert-Einstein-Ring road.

Migrants seeking asylum in Germany arrive by bus at a former office park near Hamburg (stock image)

The suspected attackers were named in German media as five Arabic men, although it is unclear if they were just visiting the asylum centre or whether they were actually registered and living there.

Prosecutor Nana Frombach said: 'We have opened an investigation against five people. The circumstances or what happened are still unclear. The investigation is continuing.'

The asylum seeker centre where the incident took place is a former office building, and although at the moment being modernised is currently also providing accommodation for 550 refugees.