A teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of an assault rape and attempted rape of two women in their 30s. Both crimes were allegedly committed during the first three days after New Year’s Eve.
It is with the help of surveillance films that police can see a connection between the attack on New Year’s morning and a completed rape January 3rd. According to information provided to the Swedish Radio is the suspected culprit only 15 years.
– We got up an image on a suspect and colleagues with good knowledge could come up with a proposed name of the person. When we compared the images with names proposal, we concluded that it was the same person, says Patrick Zanders, at the western Stockholm Police ..
After a brief reconnaissance work was arrested the boy at his home at 23- time on Monday evening. Now is kept f örhör with the suspect, the victim and any witnesses during the day.
– We believe that investigative mode is very good. Taken together with the plaintiffs hearing, hearing witnesses and surveillance video, we are very positive. We also have a lot of hardware from both crime scenes and from the search, said Patrick Zanders.
According to people with knowledge of the investigation, much of the Stockholm police have been involved in the hunt for the suspected rapist. By comparing surveillance images with persons known to police found the suspect 15-year-old.
– I can not go into detail , but we feel fairly confident that we have the right guy and he is suspected of both crimes. There is obviously a great relief for the victims, says Patrick Zanders.
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