At 23.15, the police were alerted to Spånga, when a woman is said to have been raped outdoors near Spånga church.

Police technicians are on their way to the scene, which has been cordoned off, for a crime scene investigation.

- We have arrested a suspected perpetrator and initiated a preliminary investigation into rape, says police officer on duty Jari Kalliorinne.

Was it an assault rape?

- I do not want to comment on details given the sensitive nature of the case.