Libyan asylum seeker arrested for raping Ukrainian woman in front of Eiffel Tower

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Joel Abbott

Aug 27, 2025

Earlier this week, we reported on a Ukrainian refugee who was killed in North Carolina on Friday after escaping the war in her country.

A few days later on Tuesday, another Ukrainian woman was dragged into bushes near Paris' Eiffel Tower and raped. Police arrested a Libyan "teen" at the scene.

More from the Daily Mail:

The suspect, a Libyan 17-year-old, was taken into custody shortly after the horrific attack near the Champ-de-Mars in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

According to initial evidence gathered by police officers at the scene, it was 2.40am when a man forcibly dragged the victim, a Ukrainian woman, 32, behind a bush.

He then allegedly sexually assaulted and raped her. The victim's screams quickly alerted police on a patrol nearby.

The suspect told police he is 17 years old and is from Libya, but because he got free access to France as an "asylum seeker," he doesn't have any papers proving who he is.

This has not been confirmed as the suspect has no identity papers.

Almost six million people visit the landmark every year, but the area has become increasingly populated by migrants from Africa and the Middle East.

Like the rest of Europe, France is seeing a sharp increase in rapes due to the massive influx of these migrants.

In 2004, South Park co-creator Trey Parker made a movie called "Team America: World Police" that satirized action movies and the American military. In one scene, elite U.S. commandos cleaned up Muslim terrorists on the streets of Paris while blowing up the Eiffel Tower in the process.

Doesn't sound like that bad of a trade now, eh?

More from the Daily Mail:

Last March, Rachida Dati, the borough's mayor, made a shocking statement at a neighborhood meeting.

She said that 'sexual assaults,' 'not to mention rapes,' took place 'every day' on the Champ-de-Mars.

Ms Dati also said the area suffered from 'under-equipment.'

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