A woman was raped on a train under the eyes of several passengers
The assault, which took place in Pennsylvania, lasted about ten minutes and no passenger tried to intervene or call for help, according to local police.
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No one reacted.For about eight minutes, a woman lived the worst, in front of several inactive witnesses.On October 13, around 10 p.m., an American was sexually assaulted on a train to the city of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, reports several American and British media, including The Cut.
A 35 -year -old man sat next to her, trying to start the conversation, while the victim rejected his advances several times.The aggressor has become more and more insistent and aggressive and ended up tearing up women's clothes.Other passengers were present in the wagon, but no one came to their rescue or called on 911, the emergency number in North America.
It is an employee of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Septa), an American public transport company, which finally pointed out the attack and called the help, says NBC 10 Philadelphia."The attack could have been stopped earlier if a user had called 911," said Andrew Busch, spokesperson for Septa, quoted by The Independent.
"Those who were on this train must look at themselves in the mirror"
"I am dismayed by those who did nothing to help this woman," Timothy Bernhardt, director of the police department of Upper Darby, told New York Times, after the assault."All those who were on this train must look in the mirror and wonder why they did not intervene or why they did not do something".
If for the moment we do not know the exact number of passengers present, according to the images of video surveillance, there were enough witnesses so that "collectively they could come together and do something", adds the director of the police department.They were just under a dozen according to him.
The victim was taken to the hospital after the assault and would be in full recovery.The attacker was immediately arrested and imprisoned for rape, sexual assault and aggravated modesty without consent.Clearness passengers could also face criminal charges, specifies Timothy Bernhardt.
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