German serial 'rapist' arrested
2010-03-15 22:41
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Berlin - German authorities said on Monday they have arrested a man suspected of raping as many as 18 women and sexually assaulting dozens more in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands over a 19-year period.
The 46-year-old German father-of-two is suspected of raping the woman in blocks of flats, student hostels and old people's homes, where his targets were members of staff, or in cars or on foot, police and prosecutors said.
He is also suspected of up to 60 cases of sexual assault, mostly involving a trick whereby he pretended not to have the use of his arms and to need help urinating.
Police arrested the man in the Eifel region in western Germany near the Belgian border on Saturday after Belgian authorities issued a European arrest warrant, German police said in a statement.