Overview
- Police from the Brigade des réseaux franciliens arrested a suspect Friday evening in Mantes-la-Jolie and placed him in custody in the Créteil prosecutor’s attempted-rape investigation handled by the Sûreté régionale des transports.
- The assault targeted a 26-year-old Brazilian woman on October 15 around 8:30 a.m. between Choisy-le-Roi and Villeneuve-le-Roi, and the assailant fled when the train stopped.
- A fellow passenger intervened, filmed the assailant and posted the video on social media, which helped focus police searches and identification efforts.
- Reports differ on the suspect’s profile, with Le Figaro citing a 26-year-old homeless man of Egyptian origin while other accounts describe a man around 40.
- Authorities are conducting interviews and verifying potential links to other reported encounters as additional testimonies about safety on the RER C surface.