A suspect has been arrested after footage which seems to seize the alleged tried rape of a girl on a practice close to Paris went viral, native media say.
Jhordana Dias, a 26-year-old Brazilian nationwide, was allegedly attacked earlier this month. She informed Le Parisien newspaper that the person boarded the practice, pushed her and tried to drag down her underwear.
Alerted by her screams, one other passenger pulled out her cellphone to movie. The footage captures a person fleeing because the practice pulls right into a station.
The incident has revived discussions round girls’s security in France.
In accordance with French media, a person was arrested on Friday night by transport police in Mantes-la-Jolie, north-west of Paris. He was traced there by investigators, however it’s unclear how.
He was not carrying identification documentation on the time of his arrest, however informed police he was a 26-year-old Egyptian nationwide, media stories say. He stays in custody.
The alleged incident happened on 15 October between the Choisy-le-Roi and Villeneuve-le-Roi practice stations, south-east of Paris.
The video exhibits exhibits a person wearing a black tracksuit and cap onboard a carriage.
Over the sound of a girl’s cries, the girl filming could be heard saying “you keep there” as the person seems to start approaching her.
The practice then pulls right into a station, and the person disembarks and flees down the platform.
The girl who filmed the incident, named in French media solely as Marguerite, has since been extensively credited as having saved Ms Dias from a extra severe assault.
Ms Dias, who doesn’t communicate French, reportedly filed a criticism with police in Choisy-le-Roi with the assistance of her brother, who translated her testimony.
The footage has been extensively circulated on information retailers and social media. prompting many ladies to share their very own experiences of harassment on public transport in France.
Two different girls have since informed Le Parisian that that they had been victims of the identical man.
