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The attempted sex attack is alleged to have happened in the psychiatric department of the University Hospital of Innsbruck, Austria.

State police said the 18-year-old migrant targeted a 29-year-old female patient but she was able to press an emergency button next to her bed to alert nursing staff who pulled him off.

The youth has been arrested and remains in custody in a youth detention facility in Innsbruck.