An Iranian asylum seeker was arrested for raping a teen in Denmark

The town square of Haderslev, Denmark.  Image from BigStockPhoto.

Following is a summary of this thelocal.dk article

A 24 year old Iranian asylum seeker is facing charges of having raped a 19 year old woman in the town of Haderslev, Denmark over the weekend.   The rape occurred at a school building at 3:30 am on Saturday.

Haderslev is a town which has been having many issues with woman being sexually harassed by asylum seekers.  (See this thelocal.dk article.)

Police were dispatched to the school by residents hearing screaming, finding a shocked woman wandering away from the scene of her attack.    She was taken to a nearby hospital where personnel confirmed she had been raped.

Police spokesman Anders Hansen said the man was still on the scene when they arrived.    “He was nearly caught in the act because he stood there practically zipping his pants up when we found him,” he said.

The attacker currently resides in one of the 80 asylum centers across the country, and is not speaking to police or the court.  He will be held in detention until August 11 as the police continue their investigation.