A man suspected of having raped two patients at the Nanterre hospital at the end of July, then a girl two days later in another district of the city, was placed in police custody, the prosecution confirmed to AFP on Saturday. from Nanterre.
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Arrested yesterday Friday, he was placed in custody in the premises of the judicial police of Nanterre, west of Paris.
He must be presented to an examining magistrate in the afternoon, with a view to his possible indictment, said the prosecution.
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According to
Le Parisien
, which revealed his arrest, the man is 27 years old, is of Congolese nationality and has no fixed address.
He was arrested after entering the RER hall at the Gare de Lyon in Paris without a ticket.
A comparison with the search warrant of the Nanterre court made it possible to identify him.
He is already known to the police.
He is suspected of having raped two patients, aged 68 and 77, from the Max-Fourestier hospital on the morning of July 27, thirty minutes apart.
12-year-old girl also victim of rape
The analysis of his genetic fingerprints also revealed that he would be the author of another rape, on a 12-year-old girl in the Zilina-Chemin district in Nanterre.
This attack took place two days after those of the hospital.
Following the rapes, the Nanterre hospital had assured AFP that it had taken "
additional security measures
", in particular "
strengthened controls at the entrance to the hospital
" and "
more frequent rounds of agents security
”.