GETTY Both the man and victim are from Iran

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The attack happened in the area around Sattnitz in the Austrian state of Carinthia, when a 34-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 25-year-old asylum seeker. Both the man and his victim are from Iran. Police who were alerted by the cyclist found the Iranian woman on a nearby embankment next to the bike path.

When the woman was questioned with the help of an interpreter, she said a man sexually attacked her. Local police immediately started an investigation. A short time later they arrested the Iranian asylum seeker as the alleged perpetrator after they found him hiding nearby.

GETTY A passing cyclist found the Iranian woman on a nearby embankment in Carinthia, Austria

He was reportedly very drunk at the time. He was taken into pre-trial custody on orders of the public prosecutor. In the town of Neunkirchen in the state of Lower Austria, a 21-year-old Afghan national was also arrested on Saturday after allegations of sexual assault.

The young man had allegedly barred the road of a 16-year-old girl with his mountain bike, after which he touched her on the buttocks and breasts. Only when the girl yelled at him, did he leave on his bike. On Saturday the girl recognised the suspect at an event again and immediately alerted the police.

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