The Criminal Investigation Department ( CID) identified and arrested a foreign man who is strongly suspected of committing a sex crime against a six-year-old girl, a refugee from Ukraine, at a reception centre in Guarda late last month.
A police statement said: “The crime occurred at a reception centre for refugees and other foreign citizens in the town of Guarda, where the perpetrator and the victim were living at the time”. It was a citizen of Pakistan, according to CNN Portugal.
Police added that the suspect had been “brought before the competent judicial authorities for the purpose of an initial questioning in court” and had been “remanded in custody”.Observador.pt