A child was reportedly kidnapped and sexually abused in Hartheim, Baden, on Friday before Pentecost. The police have arrested a suspect.
- In Hartheim , Baden , a man is said to have kidnapped a boy and then sexually abused him.
- The boy is said to have played outside when the alleged perpetrator lured him into his car.
- The police have already arrested a suspect .
Hartheim - In the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald , a terrible crime occurred on Friday before Pentecost . The police Freiburg in a press release reported a man should a child first kidnapped and then sexually abused have.
According to the current state of the investigation, the boy was playing outside when the suspected perpetrator at around 9:15 p.m. forced him to get into a car and drive with him. As a result, sexual abuse is said to have occurred. The boy was released near the kidnapping site after a short time .
Abuse in Hartheim: suspect arrested - case not resolved
The police immediately initiated a search , which also included a police helicopter. With success: a few hours later, a suspect was identified and arrested. It is a 25-year-old German citizen . As a result, an arrest warrant was issued by the Freiburg District Court at the request of the Freiburg public prosecutor. However, the investigation is ongoing.
The police are now looking for witnesses to this crime and ask: Who noticed a white VW Model Up car in the late afternoon or evening of May 29, 2020 in Hartheim and the suburbs? Information is available around the clock on 0761 / 882-2880 .
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Child abuse in Hartheim - possible connection to unsolved case
So far , the police have not given any information about the child's age, the scene of the crime and what happened - it refers to the child's personal rights. In November 2019 there was a similar case in nearby Eschbach: Here, too, a nine-year-old child was sexually abused by a man. The culprit has not yet been caught. The police want to request the Badische Zeitung about a possible connection between the two cases not comment .
In general, the number of sexual assaults against children has increased since the outbreak of the corona pandemic and the associated measures. A case in Grafing near Munich caused a sensation in which a girl was said to have been sexually abused by the mother's boyfriend hundreds of times.
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