Spanish police are hunting three Iranian men accused of sexually attacking three American sisters after meeting them in a pub on New Years Eve in a Spanish port town.

Two of the women are said to have been raped and the third reportedly fought off her attacker as he tried to force himself on her although she is said to have been physically attacked as she did so.

Police in the city of Murcia in south east Spain, where the incident occurred, have confirmed they are investigating a complaint made by three women.

Spanish police are hunting three Iranian men accused of sexually attacking three American sisters after meeting them in a pub on New Years Eve in Spanish port town, Murcia (pictured)

A spokesman for the National Police in Murcia said today: 'I can confirm a formal complaint has been made by three women and we are investigating.

'We cannot say any more because the investigation is ongoing.'

He declined to specify the nature of the complaint.

Local press said the three women, described as sisters from the US aged 23, 20, and 18, had told investigators they were targeted after going back to the home of one of the women with three men they had met in a pub on New Year's Eve.

Respected daily La Opinion de Murcia said two of the women had been visiting a third sister who had been studying in the city and was about to return to the States.

Two of the women are said to have been raped at the flat. The third woman, thought to be the teenager, was reportedly injured after being assaulted as she resisted.

No arrests have yet taken place. Spanish state RTVE has described the men the three women say sexually attacked them as Iranian.

All three women have been examined in hospital by a medical practitioner.

At the end of September a Spanish teenager told police she had been raped in the toilets of a nightclub in Valencia.

Two suspects were arrested but later released after DNA tests showed they had taken no part in the suspected sexual attack.

Two of the women are said to have been raped and the third reportedly fought off her attacker as he tried to force himself on her although she is said to have been physically attacked as she did so. Pictured is the area in Murcia where the rapes allegedly happened

At the start of the same month a French tourist told police police she had been raped in the holiday resort of Platja d'Aro near Girona in north-east Spain.

The 27-year-old said she was sexually attacked after being abducted by three men outside a nightclub.

The gang rape is said to have taken place on the resort's main beach, known as Platja Gran, around 6am on September 1.

No arrests are yet believed to have taken place.

In August five French men aged 18 and 19 were arrested on suspicion of gang-raping a Norwegian tourist at a house in Benidorm and indecently assaulting her friend.

Three of the five detainees were remanded in custody after appearing before a judge in a closed court hearing.

The French holidaymakers arranged to meet the two Norwegians over social dating site Tinder.

In July four Germans of Turkish origin were arrested on suspicion of gang-raping an 18-year-old German in the Majorcan holiday resort of Cala Rajada.

They were held at Palma Airport shortly before boarding a plane back to their home country.

Two were remanded in prison after being questioned in court. One has admitted to having sex with the teenager but insisted it was consensual.