IUPD investigating reported abduction, sexual assault Friday afternoon

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 press release. \nShe told police that several males approached her from behind as she was walking in the area southeast of the Jordan Avenue and the Law Lane Tennis courts on the way to the SRSC. The suspects carried her to a small gray vehicle and drove to another location where the sexual assault occurred, according to the press release. She said the suspects then drove her back to the location where the abduction occurred. She said she was struck in the face and said that one of the suspects may have had a knife. She was not seriously injured, according to the police. IUPD is investigating the assault and are attempting to obtain additional information and description of the two abductors.