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Temple football players in alleged assault

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Philadelphia police say they are investigating the alleged sexual assault of a woman by two Temple University football players in a campus residence hall.

The student told police the two football players raped her in a room in a university dormitory room Saturday, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

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Philadelphia police confirmed they were investigating a sexual assault but released no further information, the newspaper said.

A spokesman for the Temple athletic department had no comment, deferring to a university spokesman.

"We received a report of a sexual assault from a student on Saturday that took place on our campus in a residence hall," Ray Betzner, an assistant vice president for university communications, said.

"The investigation is currently being done by the City of Philadelphia Police Department, the Special Victims Unit."

A search warrant was obtained and the woman had been taken to a hospital, police sources told CBS3-TV.

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