7 women sexually assaulted in German swimming pool, Syrian migrant arrested for molesting 12-year-old girl
In the German city of Stuttgart, police arrested a 23-year-old Syrian migrant who is accused of groping several women at an outdoor swimming pool over Pentecost weekend.
In total, seven women, ranging from ages 12 to 18, were sexually assaulted at the swimming pool in three different incidents. Three men in total were taken into custody, including a 23-year-old Syrian migrant.
In the first incident, around 4:45 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, two 18-year-old women were in the family pool at an outdoor pool when two young men swam past them. German new outlet SWR reported that a 13-year-old and a still unknown suspect grabbed the women’s buttocks under the water.
The police immediately arrested a 13-year-old male and then handed him over to his mother without charges.
12-year-old molested
Later that same day, two men aged 22 and 23 reportedly approached a 12-year-old girl and began touching her private parts. The two men were arrested. The public prosecutor’s office identified one of the men as a 23-year-old Syrian migrant, who has been charged in the case, according to Bild newspaper.
Four girls attacked
The next day, on Monday, four men aged 20 to 30 groped a total of four girls aged 13, 14, and 15. Police arrested a 29-year-old suspect, who the judge has already released.
It is unclear if the other suspects had a migration background. Germany does not release the ethnicity or the migration background of suspects with German citizenship.
According to the SWR, this location is experiencing an uptick in sexual violence, “In the last two years, cases of sexual harassment at the (pool) in Untertürkheim had increased from the start of the season in May. A clerk was then entrusted with the cases at the Stuttgart police station. In addition, it was checked whether special police measures can be taken in consultation with the bathing establishments,” they wrote.
Wave of pool assaults
As Remix News has reported in the past, migrants committing sexual violence and assaults inside pool establishments have plagued the country in recent years.
In 2016, a town near Cologne banned all migrant men from going to a public pool due to repeated cases of sexual harassment and one criminal case. The ban was instituted to persuade asylum seekers to “change their behavior,” according to town authorities. A leaked police report in 2016 also showed that there was a concerning rise in migrant sexual assaults at swimming pools in the German city of Düsseldorf.
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