A young woman is thought to have been gang-raped at a traditional German maypole festival in a Thuringia town, prompting a police manhunt for an alleged perpetrator.
Police are searching for a 30-year-old Iraqi migrant on suspicion of having participated in the rape of a 22-year-old woman on the night of a traditional maypole festival in the small market town of Bad Klosterlausnitz in Thuringia on Tuesday.
The woman was found partially clothed in the backlot of a kebab shop near the marketplace of the town the same night of its annual Maibaumfest party. Police initially suspected a group of four migrant males who had been in the town that night, and arrested three. Two were subsequently found to have not been involved and were released, reports Bild.
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A 29 year old Syrian male remains in custody after being arrested on Wednesday, and the 30-year-old Iraqi suspect remains on the run.
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