Police within the Greek island of Halki have launched a manhunt after a British teenager claimed to have been raped by a 16-year-old Italian holidaymaker.

The 15-year-old woman alleged the rape occurred between 4.30am and 5am native time (2.30am and 3am BST) within the Pondamos space of the vacation vacation spot.

After the alleged assault, {the teenager} visited a neighborhood physician's workplace accompanied by her mum and spoke concerning the alleged horrific incident.

Police had been then knowledgeable by the physician, native news outlet Dimokratiki reported, and carried out a primary examination with the medical professional.

There was no youngster psychologist obtainable on the island to offer additional care, the publication wrote.

Officers additionally started working to trace down the alleged rapist and, via searches on social media and a collection of witness statements they gathered, labored to determine the reported perpetrator.

After being proven an image from social media of the Italian teenager, the woman recognised him, the Greek news outlet reported.

However, police mentioned {the teenager} had left Halki earlier than officers had been capable of converse to him.

The probe confirmed the 16-year-old and his household had departed Halki by ferry just a few hours after the alleged rape, at 8.30am native time (6.30am BST) on Wednesday.

The ship they boarded was directed to Kamiros Skala, a tiny seafront hamlet a part of the Rhodes municipality.

The household then boarded an Italy-bound flight from Rhodes Airport, police mentioned.

The police's pressing seek for the Italian teenager continues, as does the preliminary investigation carried out by officers on the Halki island.

The Halki's Prosecutor's Office has been knowledgeable of the incident.

Halki, situated 9 kilometres west of Rhodes, is an island a part of the Dodecanese archipelago and has a everlasting inhabitants of just a few hundred individuals.

However, in the course of the summer season the variety of individuals on the island surges as it's visited by many vacationers attracted by its secluded seashores.