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In Alsatian village, neighbors of suspected serial rapist fall from above

2020-10-24T18:38:51.305Z


The Italian accused of 160 sexual offenses against minors in Germany and arrested in France had found refuge in Rumersheim (Haut-Rhin), with a


“On reading the facts with which he is accused, I was nauseous.

I, who am the father of two girls of 5 and 8 years old, it chills me to imagine that they could have met this nut in our streets ”, testifies Pascal, a resident of Rumersheim-le-Haut and who crosses every day the border to go to work in Germany.

It is in this small Upper Rhine village near Mulhouse, at the home of German friends, that Cosimo Chionna, suspected by the justice of overseas Rhine of 160 acts of rape or assault on minors between 2000 and 201, had found refuge since the beginning of October, no doubt informed of the proceedings against him in his country of residence.

“A priori, it is someone who often came here, to his relatives, for a year.

He went back and forth between Alsace and Germany, ”believes Eliane, manager of a rural lodging in the town.

Everyone goes there from their own source of information: “I learned it on TV,” says Adrien, while others mention in turn the regional press, national dailies and local radio stations.

Children from 4 to 14 years old

It was only a week after the arrest of Cosimo Chionna, in the main artery of this village of 1,100 souls, that the inhabitants learned of the arrest of this 52-year-old Italian.

Proof of the alleged dangerousness of the man, it was the agents of the Interregional Directorate of the Judicial Police (DIPJ) of Strasbourg who came to apprehend him on October 16.

Officials who had been commissioned by the National Fugitive Tracing Brigade following a European warrant issued by Germany.

This dreaded predator had previously taken up residence in Marburg, in the center of the country, across the Rhine.

“The majority of the alleged crimes were committed against his own daughter but also against children in his entourage, aged between 4 and 14 years.

He would also have abused the three underage daughters of his mistress, ”indicated yesterday the Central Office for the Fight against Organized Crime, responsible for coordinating the investigation in France.

He was changing the plates of his suit

While the majority of the inhabitants say they have never met the Italian, a neighbor of relatives who hosted the wanted testifies: “I saw him one evening, behind the gate of the house where he was.

I wondered who it was, because you know, in Rumersheim, as soon as a new face appears, everyone wonders about that presence.

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According to the information of the investigators, Cosimo Chionna would have been lodged in a barn transformed into housing by his friends.

The alleged pedophile was in fact spotted by his vehicle, a “small combi-type camper van” which he had taken care to replace the German number plates with French ones.

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"It's crazy to imagine that an extraordinary affair like this one found its outcome in Rumersheim" exclaims Thierry Schelcher, the mayor, still surprised that a dangerous pedophile was in the village.

Pending his transfer to Germany, Cosimo Chionna was imprisoned in Colmar remand center.

Source: leparis

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