A woman burst into a hotel full of foreign reporters yelling and claiming that she had been raped by 15 militia men. She displayed bruises and cuts along her body that was consistent with her story, but before the reporters could scramble and interview her people who had once seemed like normal hotel workers and security workers rushed to silence her. They had eventually dragged her out the front door of the hotel screaming, resorting to such things as trying to put a jacket over her head.
The Libyan government claimed that the girl was a known prostitute and thief, a government spokesmen suggested that she had been drunk and fabricated her fantasies. Detectives pulled her files and found a whole file of prostitution and petty theft. She had also known the boys she claimed raped her for a while. She refused medical examination, so there was no way to determine if she was telling the truth.
Whether it could be proved or not it sent waves through protestors, and civilians. While many dismissed her story, some also said they believed her. A few residents in Tripoli said they had heard the story from the news and claimed it as an example of the brutal grip that Colonel Qaddafi has over the capital.
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