The Netherlands: Lesbian Couple Assaulted; Perpetrator Extinguishes Cigarette on Woman’s Body

A lesbian couple was assaulted at a terrace in Rotterdam on Friday. One of the women managed to chase after the perpetrator and lead the police right to him. A 34-year-old man from Rotterdam was arrested, the police said.

The woman and her wife were having something to eat at a terrace on Lijnbaan on Friday afternoon when a man started making obscene gestures and comments at them. At first they ignored him, but after “umpteenth annoying remark” one of the women decided to reply, the police said in a statement.

The man did not like the reply and attacked the woman. He pushed a burning cigarette into her neck and hit her multiple times, before casually walking away.

Continue reading: https://nltimes.nl/2019/09/23/lesbian-couple-assaulted-suspect-extinguishes-cigarette-womans-body (source)

One response to “The Netherlands: Lesbian Couple Assaulted; Perpetrator Extinguishes Cigarette on Woman’s Body

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