A 33-year-old Russian woman experienced moments of horror and terror yesterday morning in the center of Thessaloniki, when a 34-year-old South African man, after following her to the apartment building where she lived, managed to enter it and after hitting the woman, tried to rape her!

In fact, according to the ELAS announcement, the man dragged her by pulling her clothes!

The woman managed to escape from the hands of her near-rapist and started shouting for help. OPKE police officers patrolling the wider area immediately rushed to the scene and a little later managed to arrest the 34-year-old assailant.

It is worth noting that, according to ELAS, an arrest and temporary detention warrant was pending against the 34-year-old, Mr. Investigator of the 1st Regular Department of Misdemeanors of Thessaloniki, for offenses related to domestic violence, threats, theft and rape.

The announcement of the General Police Directorate of Thessaloniki states:

Police officers of the Crime Prevention and Suppression Department, during their patrol in the wider area of ​​the city center, in the early hours of 05-31-2024, noticed a woman looking for help.

During the investigation of the incident, it emerged that, shortly before, a 34-year-old foreigner followed her inside the building where she lives and with continuous use of physical violence dragged her by pulling her clothes.

The victim, who is a 33-year-old foreign woman, managed to get out of the apartment building, while the police immediately searched for and arrested the perpetrator.

The arrested person will be taken to the competent Prosecutor.