A young Italian woman was sexually
assaulted by a drug pusher in Genoa Wednesday, the fourth such
case in a few weeks.
The 28-year-old was treated in the central Piazza della
Meridiana in the northwestern city after what police called a
"brutal" assault.
The man allegedly dragged her into an alley where he raped her,
police said.
She was taken to hospital where lesions compatible with rape
were found and she was being operated on for other injuries
sustained in the alleged assault.
The assailant, like those in the other three recent episodes, is
thought to be Senegalese.
The other rapes of young people sexually assaulted after trying
to buy drugs include a 20-year-old woman who was allegedly raped
by three Senegalese men on New Year's Eve, another 20-year-old
woman raped by two pushers in the central Baltimora Gardens,
and, 10 days ago, a 15-year-old boy forced into sex with three
men in the area where Wednesday's alleged attack took place.
Drug pushing by predominantly Senegalese gangs is reportedly
rife in the central alleys of the northern Italian port city.
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