Place Auguste Baron has seen two women attacked and threatened with rape in the past two days, according to French media. The suspects in each case are said to have been crack addicts.
An area near key Olympic venues has seen two attacks on women in recent daysA knifepoint sex attack a short distance from where the Paris Olympics is set to take place this summer is the latest in a series of horrific assaults in an area where locals say they fear for their safety on a daily basis.
He tried to force his victim to perform oral sex on him before attempting to pull her trousers off, at which point the woman is reported to have screamed 'help, he's going to rape me!' For years, drugs trafficking has been a scourge on Paris, with encampments set up in parks and beneath underpasses. Police made 385 arrests in connection with the raid, with many held in relation with drug trafficking offences.
Many of the Olympic events are being held in Seine-Saint-Denis, an area of Paris which has the highest ratio of immigrants among France's departments and is also the poorest.
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