Europa Press Madrid
Madrid
Updated Wednesday, January 31, 2024-19:32
Interior Riot police are deployed in Barajas due to the chaos in the asylum wards
Agents of the Civil Guard have arrested
a Mauritanian citizen tonight
at the Adolfo Suárez-Madrid Barajas airport for an alleged attempt to sexually assault a cleaning employee, sources from the Armed Institute have confirmed to Europa Press.
The events took place minutes after midnight in the airport transit area. An individual
bound for Bogotá
has approached an employee who was working in the men's bathrooms. According to the victim, the man hit her and also threatened to pull down her pants, but she was able to avoid him and notified the National Police.
The agents, in turn, notified the Civil Guard, in charge of security in this area, who arrested this Mauritanian individual
after checking what happened on the security cameras,
which reveal how the affected worker left that bathroom.
The man was brought to justice this morning. The detainee
is not part of the large group of African asylum seekers
who have arrived at the Madrid airport for weeks, the same sources have indicated.