Nigerian student arrested for raping and beating a young woman in Hamitköy

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In an incident that caused anger and fear in Hamitköy, a Nigerian student who was accused for assaulting and raping a young woman has been arrested and detained by the police.

The suspect named only as OCP, was arrested and taken to a court in Lefkosa on Wednesday on charges of rape and serious assault.

Police said a large-scale investigation was launched, as the matter became known to the police on Sunday, March 26. He was arrested following a tip off on the night of Tuesday, March, 28 in Hamitköy based on camera footage provided.

The suspect, who was a student of the Faculty of Law at Bahçeşehir University, committed the crime in a student dormitory in the Hamitköy, Lefkosa following a verbal argument with the victim between 10:30pm on Saturday, March, 25 to 1:30am on Sunday, March, 26, 2023.

Police said the suspect testified voluntary claiming that he committed the crime because the victim refused to have sex with him, so he violently assaulted and strangled her and then raped her.

The verbal argument broke out between them because the victim who had met with the suspect before in the dormitory room with her consent refused to have sexual intercourse with him.

He hit her on various parts of her body both with his hands and feet, squeezed her his throat with his hands, and beat her seriously.

The court ordered the suspect to be detained for 2 days for more investigation to be carried out.