GETTY The woman was only saved by her screams

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The man, who has not been named by police but reports suggest he is either 36 or 58, was working as a night doorman at the Hotel Del Corso in Rome on New years Eve, when the incident occurred. The victim, a 30-year-old Swedish lawyer, had been out at a party with friends before a group of them returned to the hotel.

Her friends, a man and a woman, asked to accompany their friend to her room - but the doorman refused, insisting he would ensure she got in safely. But instead, he followe dher to her door and forced her onto the bed before trying to rape her.

GETTY The man was captured leaving the room on CCTV

The victim said: “I did not understand at first why the doorman wanted to accompany me to the room at all costs, but I realised once I opened the door. “He touched my shoulders and when I reacted, he pushed me to the bed. “He wanted to rape me. I was scared, I screamed as loud as I could and he ran away." Her friends, who were still in the hotel lobby, heard her cries for help and rushed to her room before approaching a police patrol in the street at around 4.30am to report the attack.

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He wanted to rape me. I was scared, I screamed as loud as I could and he ran away Swedish woman, 30, who was attacked in her hotel room

Officers returned to the hotel on Via del Corso, a main street in the Italian city, where they reviewed CCTV footage - which captured the suspect going into the hotel room before quickly leaving with his trousers down. Rome’s Mayor Virginia Raggi, who went to visit the tourist after the shocking incident, said: “This is infuriating. These kinds of things are intolerable. “I have to thank the local police for acting immediately. “There is still a long way to go because the violence against women is unacceptable not only in Rome but anywhere in the world.”

GOOGLE The man forced her onto the bed in the room and tried to rape her.

GETTY Police arrested the 36-year-old suspect