Philadelphia –
Terrifying! A woman is raped in a commuter train on the outskirts Philadelphia, United States of America (US). Surprisingly, rape happened in front of a number of other train passengers, who, according to police, did nothing to help the victim.
As reported 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 10pm local time, last week, following a sexual assault on the train. which runs 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.
SEPTA Police personnel — who specialize in the mass transit system in Pennsylvania — waited at the next stop and found a woman who had been raped. The police also immediately arrested a man who was suspected of being a rape suspect.
The victim was then rushed to the hospital. Bernhardt described the victim as an ‘unbelievably strong woman’ who provided police with a wealth of information. It was also stated that the victim did not know the perpetrator.
The entire act of sexual assault was captured on security camera video inside the train, which also shows there were a number of other people on the train when the crime took place.
“There are a lot of people who, in my opinion, should have intervened; someone should have done something,” Bernhardt said in a statement.
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