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Police were called onto a train in the city of Zaragoza, Spain, after a man alarmed passengers by declaring himself to be ‘a member of Hamas’ before allegedly going on to commit a horrifying sex attack on a woman.
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The incident saw the train, which was carrying 400 people, delayed for 40 minutes on Sunday, October 15 as police boarded to arrest the man.<\/p>\n
The train was heading to Pamploma but got as far as the town on Gallur where, according to Spanish media reports, the man began to threaten fellow passengers and ‘thrust his genitals’ in the faces of two women.<\/p>\n
Police arrested the alleged perpetrator, a Moroccan national, and he is due to appear in court.<\/p>\n
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