A police armband. – Lewis Joly / AP / SIPA
A man was taken into custody after being filmed raping a woman by residents in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, we learned on Saturday from the prosecution and the police, confirming information from the Parisian.
The man was filmed during the night from Friday to Saturday by residents of the Stalingrad district, who have made a habit of making videos of the daily nuisances linked to crack trafficking.
Images posted on social networks
In these images, posted on Twitter, we can see a man raping, on the public highway, a woman who calls for help. According to a police source, the facts took place on avenue de Flandre. Alerted shortly before one o’clock in the morning by residents, police arrested a suspect “designated by the victim”, said this source.
On a second video, also posted on social networks by residents, we see a handcuffed man being taken away by the police. The investigation was entrusted to the 2nd district of judicial police.