A 52-year-old Iraqi man who allegedly raped an 18-year-old girl on a train has already been released, ending up back out on the streets less than 24 hours after his arrest.
The alleged sexual assault occurred on Friday at 6.30 p.m. on a train near Nienburg in Lower Saxony. The Iraqi man allegedly penetrated the woman’s genital area and bit her, resulting in the woman alerting a train attendant about the incident, who called the police.
The man was arrested at Leese station, according to T Online.
Due to injuries the woman sustained, she was transported to the hospital for treatment.
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However, the Iraqi man was released by authorities less than 24 hours after his arrest, with the prosecutor claiming the man was not a flight risk, as he had a permanent address on record. The man is still under investigation by police.
The accused has a history of criminal offenses related to drugs and sexual assault.
German public transport has in recent years seen a number of high-profile crimes involving migrants.
In January this year, an Afghan asylum seeker raped a teen who fell asleep on a train, saying that he “felt like it.”
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Last year, a Somali migrant was arrested for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl on a train outside Munich.
Also in 2023, an Afghan migrant was arrested for raping a young teen male in a homosexual attack inside a Munich subway.
However, it is not only Germany’s public transport system that is becoming more dangerous for women and men. A rape crisis has been declared as a result of government crime data showing that 8,590 German women have been sexually assaulted and raped by migrants since 2015.
