Tuesday, December 20, a young teenager was raped on the seaside of Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique),
Le Figaro
learned from a police source, confirming information from
Ouest-France
.
The national police have since launched an appeal for witnesses to find his attacker.
Under the threat of a knife
The facts took place around 11:30 a.m., on Porcé beach, northwest of Saint-Nazaire.
The victim, aged 13, was dragged away by an individual armed with a knife before being raped.
She then managed to flee and was hitchhiked by a motorist who accompanied her to her parents' home.
An investigation for "
rape of a minor under the age of 15
" has been opened and entrusted to the BSU (urban security brigade) of the Saint-Nazaire police station, informed our colleagues from
Ouest-France,
the public prosecutor Sylvie Canovas-Lagarde.
On Friday, the Loire-Atlantique national police issued a call for witnesses to try to identify his attacker.
She calls on anyone present between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday on Bonne Anse beach, Porcé beach or the coastal path and "
likely to provide useful information to the ongoing investigation (...) to make themselves known .
People can contact the Saint-Nazaire police station on 02.49.14.23.00 or by email at: police-saint-nazaire@interieur.gouv.fr.