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The woman was found in a “dishevelled state” by a local walking her dog in a park in the city centre at about 6am on Sunday.

She told police a group of five or six men, which she described as North African, stole her bag at around 3.30am.

The woman, who also lost her mobile phone, told officers one of the men raped her.

Before the attack, the woman had been out drinking with another British woman along the Naviglio Grande canal.

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The pair parted ways and the women set off home, with the victim walking alone on a street called Via Conca Naviglio.

According to Italian magazine Corriere, she told police she was attacked and dragged to a bush in a nearby park.

Police are checking CCTV of the area and are eager to speak to a group of North African youths seen moments before the woman was found.

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A spokesman for Milan police said: “We were called by a passerby who had seen the woman in a dishevelled state partially clothed in the early hours of the morning.

“Initially it was thought she had been the victim of a mugging as she told officers her telephone had been stolen but she then told us she had been raped.

“DNA samples have been taken and are being investigated.

“She was due to return to Britain the same day of the attack but her departure has been delayed.”