IU female reports abduction, sexual assault near SRSC on Jordan Avenue

A 19-year-old female international student reported to the IU Police Department that she was abducted and sexually assaulted around 1:30 p.m. Friday, according to an IUPD news release.\nShe told police that several males approached her from behind while she was walking in the area southeast of the tennis courts located at Jordan Avenue and Law Lane near the Student Recreational Sports Center. The suspects carried her to a small gray vehicle and drove to another location where the sexual assault occurred, according to the release. She said the suspects then drove her back to the location where the abduction occurred. \nAccording to the release, the woman told police she was struck in the face and said one of the suspects might have had a knife. She was not seriously injured, according to the police. IUPD is investigating the assault and is attempting to obtain additional information about and descriptions of the abductors.