Was this crime supposed to be kept quiet?
A 15-year-old schoolgirl was apparently raped in Halle. The alleged perpetrator is in custody. The police have not yet made the incident public.
As reported by the newspaper “Mitteldeutsche Zeitung”, the crime is said to have taken place on Wednesday afternoon. Upon request, the public prosecutor’s office confirmed that the arrested suspect is a 29-year-old Tunisian.
According to senior public prosecutor Heike Geyer, he lured the girl in Halle into a flat in the southern city centre. There, the strange man molested the teenager.
According to the “Mitteldeutsche Zeitung”, the girl is still in a hospital and is being shielded there.
How she escaped from her tormentor, where and when the alleged rapist was caught – is unclear. Police and the public prosecutor’s office are not disclosing any further details for the protection of the underage victim, they said.
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