Very shocked, she never wanted to set foot in the neighborhood again and filed a complaint at the police station.
A 19-year-old student was sexually assaulted in the street on Wednesday February 28 in the 19th arrondissement of Paris,
Le Figaro
learned from a source close to the matter.
Around 12:30 p.m., the young woman left the Rosa Parks station, served by the RER E, towards her school.
As she walked along Rue Curial, an artery that runs along the railway line, she noticed the presence of a man dressed in black following her while getting closer and closer.
Pressed against a wall
Once they reached her, this stranger grabbed her arm and pinned her against a stone wall.
He then touched her buttocks and chest before trying to take off her coat.
But the young woman courageously struggled and managed to run away.
“The suspect could be homeless or a drug addict
,” indicates a source close to the case.
Located between Porte de la Chapelle and Aubervilliers, the Rosa Parks district is known for housing hundreds of drug addicts.
According to figures communicated by the Paris police headquarters at the end of last year, 213 sexual assaults and 67 rapes took place on public roads in the capital between January 1 and August 31, 2023.