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<\/p>\nA British policewoman has been reportedly "raped at knifepoint" at the base of the Eiffel Tower. <\/p>\n
The 23-year-old victim told French police a man with a knife attacked her in the capital city at the Champ-de-Mars shortly before midnight. The knife-wielding perpetrator fled the scene after the rape.<\/p>\n
She added the suspect pulled a knife on her as she tried to deflect her advances. An anti-crime squad had rushed to the scene and the victim was taken care of by firefighters. <\/p>\n
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Police have since arrested a 35-year-old man, an hour after the woman reported the attack, giving a description of the suspect to anti-crime officers. The victim is believed to have been staying overnight with a friend in the French capital. <\/p>\n
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The attacker had jumped the victim when she went behind a bush to relieve herself. She was separated from her friend for just a few moments when the knife-wielding attacker threatened her. <\/p>\n
Police squads from the 7th police station arrested a man following calls from the victim, with a suspect taken into custody overnight. It comes as an increase in police presence was spotted at the Eiffel Tower, the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n
Clusters of police were seen wandering the streets as the city goes into a state of high alert over a deadly knife crime carried out earlier this week.<\/p>\n
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