Jakarta –
A woman was raped in a commuter train on the outskirts of Philadelphia, United States of America (US). More shockingly, the rape took place in the presence of a number of other passengers but no one helped.
Reported by the Associated Press, Tuesday (19/10/2021), Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt of the Upper Darby Police Department said that police were called to 69th Street station on Wednesday (13/10) evening, at 22:00 local time, last week, after the sexual assault occurred. in a train traveling on the Market-Frankford Line.
An employee of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) who was in the vicinity of the train contacted police to report that ‘something was wrong’ with a female passenger on the train.
“A SEPTA employee boarded the train and saw the attack was taking place and immediately called 911. This was immediately responded by the SEPTA Transit Police, and a police officer was on board the train when the train arrived at the 69th Street Transportation Center,” said SEPTA spokesman Andrew Busch. .
SEPTA Police personnel are special officers in charge of the mass transit system in Pennsylvania. The police then waited at the next stop and found a woman who was the victim rape.
The police also immediately arrested a man who was suspected of being a rape suspect. The victim was then rushed to the hospital.
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