A Senegalese asylum seeker
was detained Tuesday after he allegedly tried to rape a woman.
Police say the 22-year-old suspect sexually assaulted a
48-year-old blue-collar worker in the village of Mezzolara di
Budrio in Bologna province, while she was on her way to work.
The victim said the man grabbed her from behind, groped her
and tried to take her clothes off.
She resisted and called for help, and he fled when a
vehicle approached. She then contacted Carabinieri police and
gave a detailed description of the offender.
The victim then picked the suspect out of a photo lineup
and also identified him without hesitation once he was picked
up.
The man lived in a facility for asylum seekers, where he
had been moved two weeks ago along with fellow Senegalese who
had reached Sicily in a migrant boat.
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