The Local Police of Murcia has arrested this morning during a routine check the person allegedly responsible for at least

three sexual assaults

on as many women on the path that runs along the

Segura River

, according to sources from the National Police.

Local Police officers stopped the suspect during a routine check and, although at first they did not recognize him, when entering his identity in the database of the State Security Forces, the alarm went off that he

was being sought

as responsible several attacks, since the National Police had known who he was for a couple of days.

The alleged aggressor, according to the sources,

was a man of routine

, so the agents hoped to arrest him in the area where he was operating after being identified, but the social alarm that arose made the now detainee change his habits and delay his arrest. arrest.

The alleged sexual aggressor approached his victims at night, women who were walking alone or on bicycles, and wielding a knife touched them.

The investigations are still open, since it

is not ruled out that the detainee is responsible for more sexual assaults

in the Mota del Río area that have not been reported, or in other places in the municipality.

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