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Arsenal rape suspect behind bars
Robin van Persie moved to London last year
Arsenal star Robin van Persie is to spend a third night in jail after being arrested on suspicion of rape.
The 21-year-old striker was held on Monday in the Dutch city of Rotterdam over the weekend.
The Public Prosecutor's Office of Reijnmond said it will be applying to a judge on Thursday to hold him for up to 14 more days.
The married player moved to the north London club from Dutch side Feyenoord for £2.75m last summer.
Van Persie has hired Dutch lawyer Abraham Moszkowicz who said his client was innocent.
International debut
A spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office said on Tuesday: "We are going to keep him in custody tonight [Wednesday] and we are going to ask a judge tomorrow to keep him in custody for a further 14 days pending investigations."
Last season Van Persie made his senior international debut for Holland and scored 10 goals for Arsenal as they went on to win the FA Cup and finish runners-up in the Premiership.
At the weekend he stressed his desire to stay at Arsenal long-term.
The club said it had no comment to make this stage.
