Three Afghan migrants arrested in Paris on suspicion of raping TV crew interpreter in the Calais Jungle
The victim was allegedly bundled to the ground and attacked, with two assailants holding back her colleague from helping
THREE Afghan migrants suspected of raping a mother-of-two in the Calais Jungle have been taken into custody in Paris tonight.
Prosecutors confirmed the men had, like many residents of the former shantytown, made their way to the French capital following its destruction last week.
All three men were arrested in a centre for foreign workers in Rungis, in the southern suburbs of the French capital, on Wednesday.
They now face criminal charges for the attack on the 38-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, on October 18th.
The 38-year-old is herself an Afghan who was working as an interpreter for the France 5 TV channel.
She was part of a team who were shooting a documentary about unaccompanied minors and child sex abuse in the notorious shantytown.
The woman was bundled to the ground and attacked as the two other assailants restrained her colleague, a 42-year-old male freelance reporter.
Pascal Marconville, the prosecutor in nearby Boulogne-sur-Mer, who is leading the investigation, said the victim was examined by a forensics doctor, who took samples to try and determine the genetic profile of the rapist.
The victim also helped produce a portrait of her attackers, even though they had scarves around their faces and were hard to see in the darkness.
This led to the centre in Rungis, where the men denied being anywhere near Calais at the time of the attack.
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But Mr Marconville told French news agency AFP that the three men – aged 30 to 35 – were provably in the Calais Jungle at the time.
Last month, Mr Marconville said: "Three individuals speaking Pashtun were around the camp borders.
"To begin with they stole the film team’s equipment. One of them then raped the interpreter at knifepoint while the other two, also armed with knives, restrained the journalist."
The rape victim is a fluent Pashtun speaker from Paris, where she lives with her husband and children.
The France 5 team were "highly experienced" and had been researching a documentary for ‘several months,’ said Mr Marconville.
To begin with they stole the film team’s equipment. One of them then raped the interpreter at knifepoint while the other two, also armed with knives, restrained the journalist
Pascal Marconville
After the rape, the pair managed to escape, and went straight to Calais police station, where they gave witness statements. The woman was then treated in hospital.
Up to 4000 migrants are currently sleeping rough in the Paris area, where the authorities have again pledged to raze their camps.
Violence has broken out at night between rival gangs fighting turf wars, while local residents complain about increasingly unhygienic conditions.
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