Horror over sex attacks as ‘gang of seven Syrians punch woman in the face and attack her in German park before gardener saves her’
- They reportedly punched her in the face before touching her under her skirt
A woman has described her horrific sexual assault ordeal after being groped and beaten by a ‘gang of seven Syrians’ in a German park.
The 21-year-old woman said she was sitting on a lawn in an allotment park in Chemnitz, in the eastern German state of Saxony, when seven young men approached her at around 6:10 p.m. on Saturday and threw insults at her.
They reportedly began punching her in the face before inappropriately touching her under her skirt and attempting to drag her into a dead end road.
“I was afraid of being raped,” the blonde woman told the German newspaper Image.
A 30-year-old gardener said she and her 22-year-old boyfriend heard the woman scream: “Help, leave me alone. Just go away.” They rushed to her aid, but the 22-year-old was also beaten by the gang before fleeing the scene.
The victim and her rescuer suffered minor injuries.
Police later arrested five of the seven alleged attackers, aged 15, 16, 17, 19 and 23, but only the two youngest (one of whom is pictured above) appeared in court on Sunday.
The 21-year-old woman said she was sitting on a lawn in an allotment park in Chemnitz, in the state of Saxony in eastern Germany, when seven young men approached her at around 6.10pm on Saturday and shouted insults at her (pictured: one of the entrances to the allotment park)
It is understood that the Syrians approached the woman after she visited the outdoor swimming pool next to the allotments
The gardener, who wished to remain anonymous, said the perpetrators threatened that they had a knife and that they would “come back.”
“We have a bad feeling now,” she said.
Police later arrested five of the seven alleged attackers: aged 15, 16, 17, 19 and 23.
‘They are Syrian nationals. The five people have been temporarily arrested and taken to a police station,” a police spokesperson said in a statement.
‘The Chemnitz police have taken over further investigation on suspicion of assault and grievous bodily harm.’
She says of the attack: ‘The woman defended herself loudly and vehemently against the attackers, causing an acquaintance, who was in a nearby garden, to be informed of the attack.
It is suspected that the Syrians approached the woman after visiting the outdoor swimming pool next to the allotments.
The boys, aged 15 and 16, are said to have been the main attackers and were brought before a judge on Sunday. Local authorities have not yet announced whether they have been sent to prison.
The three other suspects, aged 17, 19 and 23, were released on Saturday by order of the public prosecutor.
“The suspicion of assault and dangerous abuse is primarily directed against the two people,” the police spokesperson told local media.