- ROME, DEC 6 - Two men have been arrested on rape charges
for allegedly sexually assaulting on Friday night two young
women, one on a local train travelling from Milan to Varese and
another one at a station near Varese.
The two youths, an Italian and an undocumented Moroccan
migrant, were arrested Sunday at the order of prosecutors in
Varese, Lombardy, who are investigating the case.
The men were arrested inside an apartment in Saronno, near
Varese, after neighbors called the police because of loud music
and noise during a party being held there.
The suspects are accused of sexually assaulting the two
women, who are in their twenties.
The first woman, who was on a Trenord commuter train
travelling from Milano Cadorna to Varese Nord, was reportedly
raped on board the train.
The second was sexually assaulted just a few minutes after
the first rape inside the station of Venegono Inferiore, near
Varese, but was able to escape, investigative sources said.
Both pressed charges and helped police compile an identikit
of their assailants after being taken to the Dal Ponte hospital
in Varese for treatment.
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