



A 23-year-old man was arrested by Lesvos police early Thursday morning for attempting to rape a 22-year-old woman.

The incident took place in the center of Mytilene, the capital of the island. According to local police reports, the undocumented Algerian immigrant knocked on the apartment door of the woman, who is a student.

The unsuspecting woman opened the door thinking it was the food delivery man she was expecting. The man entered her home by force and assaulted her sexually. The woman resisted and started screaming, making the migrant leave her apartment. Her yells alerted the neighbors who then blocked the Algerian man from exiting the building.

In the meantime, two police officers who happened to be nearby, heard the screams and ran to the apartment building, where they arrested the assailant.

The man will be taken to the Mytilene Attorney on Friday on attempted rape charges.



