Almost a month after Philippine’s death in the Bois de Boulogne, a young woman claims to have been attacked by a man. An investigation was opened for attempted rape.
She was jogging on Monday, October 14, late in the afternoon, when she was allegedly the victim of an attempted rape. According to information fromNews17a young woman aged 19 filed a complaint Monday evening at the Neuilly-sur-Seine police station, in Hauts-de-Seine. Almost a month after the murder of Philippine, a 19-year-old student, which occurred a few hundred meters from the scene of this new attack, in the Bois de Boulogne, the young woman claims to have been attacked by an individual aged an forty or fifty years old.
The events occurred around 5:45 p.m., on Boulevard Maurice-Barrès. A place although very busy during the day, “not really criminogenic” either at nightfall, confides to the Parisian a regular of the place. In her story, the young woman explains that she was then grabbed by the collar of her sweater by her attacker. Pinned against a tree by the individual, she then heard him tell her that he “want” her. In the process, the attacker allegedly pulled down his victim’s shorts before tearing off her panties. The woman who had a slight injury to her cheek when she filed her complaint explains that she punched her attacker in the lower abdomen and managed to escape.
An investigation into attempted rape has been opened. “The Nanterre public prosecutor’s office, first informed, relinquished responsibility for the Paris public prosecutor’s office, which has territorial jurisdiction,” the Paris public prosecutor’s office said. The first judicial police district of Paris is in charge of the case. Tuesday at 4 p.m. The Parisian indicated that no suspect had yet been arrested.