A woman has claimed that she was raped while she was in an apartment in Msida early this morning, the police said.

At 1.15am, the police received a call for assistance from the woman, an Irish 45-year-old who was in an apartment in Rue d’Argens.

She claimed that she had been raped by a man whose identity is still to be established.

Magistrate Doreen Clarke ordered an inquiry.

The police are investigating.