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A British policewoman has reportedly been raped at knifepoint underneath the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n
The police officer, 23, told French police she was assaulted by the knife-wielding man in the Champ de Mars park shortly before midnight on Monday, October 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She said she had rejected the man’s advances before he pulled out the knife on Monday evening.<\/p>\n
The officer called the police following the incident, according to the Daily Mail, and an anti-crime squad was dispatched to the scene.<\/p>\n
She was taken care of by firefighters as she provided a description of the man to attending officers that evening.<\/p>\n
French police said a 35-year-old man was arrested roughly an hour after the woman reported the attack and provided her description.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Local publication Le Parisien reported that she was staying in Paris as a tourist with a friend when she was attacked.<\/p>\n
The attacker pounced on her after she was briefly separated from her friend while using the toilet on Monday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was pounced upon as she went behind a bush, and her attacker has reportedly spent the night in custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The incident will have led to increased pressure on Parisian mayor Anne Hidalgo to shut the Champ de Mars overnight due to a string of recent crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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