MAKKAH, 13 July 2006 — Authorities are investigating the alleged rape of a boy by two men, Al-Watan reported yesterday. The men in their early 30s had called the boy, whose age was not reported, to their apartment on the pretext of helping them move. Once inside the apartment they offered him narcotics. When the boy refused, the men physically and sexually assaulted him, according to police sources. After the assailants released him, the boy went home and told his father what had happened. The boy was taken to a hospital and the two men were detained pending an investigation.