The migrant is now being held in custody by German police

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The 22-year-old was walking on Lange Strasse in Nagold, southwestern Germany, at about 2.30am, when she started to suspect she was being followed.

As she made her way over the bridge to Rohrdorfer Steige, she called her brother - asking him to come and collect her to make sure she was safe.

But the second she got off the phone, the man attacked - dragging the woman to the ground.