A 52-year-old Italian was arrested a week ago in Rumersheim-Le-Haut, near Strasbourg, following a European warrant issued by Germany where he is suspected of having committed 160 rapes and sexual assaults , the police announced Friday, October 23.
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The man is suspected of having, from 2000 to 2014, raped or sexually abused the children of his companions. Germany has opened 122 investigations against him relating to 160 acts of rape or sexual assault on minors, added the National Fugitive Search Brigade (BNRF), specifying that this individual had recently fled Germany to settle in Alsace.