According to media reports, the alleged perpetrator, a 19-year-old Afghan, is said to have dragged the slightly intoxicated 15-year-old to a railway embankment that was difficult to see and forced him to have sex there.
The young Ukrainian, who suffered injuries to her neck and limbs, confided in her brother the next day, after which the family filed a complaint. The provisional arrest of the suspect by the Weyer police was initially canceled by the responsible public prosecutor’s office due to a lack of current investigation results. So far, information about the allegations has only been given verbally, and the results of the investigation are still pending, according to Julia Rauscher, spokeswoman for the Steyr public prosecutor’s office. A medical examination of the girl, whose diagnosis is expected early next week, should provide further information about the course of events. The advertiser recently fled to Austria with her mother and two siblings from the war in Ukraine.
On Thursday there was speculation about the transfer of the suspected Afghan asylum seeker to another temporary accommodation. According to the report, the authorized executive bodies approached the state of Upper Austria immediately after the incident and the initiation of the police investigation with a request for relocation. On Saturday morning, Rauscher confirmed that there was a ban on approaching and entering the room, but the decision on this was up to the responsible police station.
The public prosecutor’s office was unable to provide any information on Saturday about the relationship between the young Afghan and the young Ukrainian. They are sticking to the position taken last week that the suspect will remain at large until the results of the search and investigation are expected to arrive on Monday. Meanwhile, the police investigation is in full swing.
Source: Nachrichten
