Two different sexual assault targeting young female minors occurred nearly at the same time on Saturday in swimming pools in close proximity to one another, with one of the suspects still on the run.
At around 3:45 p.m., a dark-skinned male was arrested for sexually assaulting two 11-year-old girls at an outdoor swimming pool in the German city of Untersteinbach. The man allegedly touched their thighs and legs in the water, with pool staff moving in to detain the man until police arrived.
Police have not released the man’s nationality, but he was described in the police report as 100 kilograms, or 220 pounds. Furthermore, they said the man was a 37-year-old with dark skin and was 1.83 meters tall, or 6 feet tall. He has black, curly hair and a “high forehead,” according to the Tag24 news outlet, according to Tag24 news outlet.
Authorities are still searching for witnesses and do not rule out that other victims could come forward.
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Second sexual assault suspect remains on the run
Almost at the exact same time, a similar sexual assault at yet another German swimming pool occurred at the outdoor swimming pool at Rendelstraße in Öhringen. There, a “tan-skinned” perpetrator sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl, groping her buttocks and grabbing her stomach three separate times in the water.
She told police the suspect had “tan” skin, short black hair, dark eyes, tall, is between 40 and 50 years old, and had a face with distinct wrinkles. He was dressed in black with a black bathing suit.
The man was with a group of five to six other men at the time.
