Six men have been arrested after a 16-year-old girl was raped at an apart-hotel in Liverpool city centre.

Police said the girl was attacked at around 04:30 BST on Sunday in an apartment in Temple Court.

Two 20-year-old men – one from Congleton and one from Stoke-on-Trent – were arrested on suspicion of rape.

A further four men, three aged 18 and one 19 – all from Stoke-on-Trent, were held on suspicion of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.

Police said the girl was receiving specialist support and the scene was being forensically examined.

According to the Liverpool Echo, a large number of police vehicles could be seen congregated outside the building, off Victoria Street.

All of the men arrested have now been released pending further inquiries.

A Merseyside police spokesperson said in a written media statement: “All six men (two arrested on suspicion of rape and four arrested on suspicion of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent) have been released under investigation pending further enquiries.”

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