Four British schoolgirls and their teacher ‘sexually assaulted at gunpoint’ during charity trip to Ghana

Four British schoolgirls and their teacher have been sexually assaulted at gunpoint in Ghana, it has been reported.

The girls, aged 16 and 17, were attacked at their guesthouses while on a volunteering trip in the capital Accra, according to The Sun.

They were confronted by a man with a rifle who reportedly shot and wounded a security guard at their hostel after he tried to intervene.

The schoolgirls and their teacher flew back to Britain on Sunday morning and were being treated in hospital, The Sun said.

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The Foreign Office is providing support to the group after their ordeal.

The Sun reported that the pupils paid £1,200 each for the trip as part of their school’s partnership with a West African charity.

Their accommodation was close to the beach and had a caretaker and a security team.

The Foreign Office says 90,000 Britons travel to Ghana each year.

It advises that most visits are trouble-free but warns that violent crime can occur at “any time”.