One tactic understood to be used during the festival includes several males surrounding a woman and assaulting her, leaving her with no escape, before dispersing into the crowd.
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A TEENAGER has spoken out over her sexual assault after at least 35 teenage girls were attacked by a mob of ‘foreign youths’ at a Swedish music festival.
According to The Sun, Alexandra Larsson, 17, was at the ‘Party in the Park’ music festival in Karlstad, about 400km from Stockholm over the weekend, when she became just one of the targets in the horrific assaults.
Girls between 12 and 17 were allegedly targeted during the festival with more than 35 complaints made to police.
The incident comes just a few months after at least 26 women reported being sexually harassed or assaulted at the Schlossgrabenfest music festival in Germany.
Police said three Pakistani men aged 28 to 31, at least two of them asylum seekers, were arrested at that four-day open air event.
Waiving her right to anonymity, Ms Larsson said someone needed to speak out to draw attention to the issue.
The young woman said she was at the festival, listening to John de Sohn, when she was groped on Friday night.
She told MailOnline: “Someone took the liberty of grabbing my butt really hard. I turned away and said to the group of boys behind us that this was not okay, but I did not know who had done it. After a while, I felt someone running his fingers between my legs touching my genitalia.
“I turned around and screamed right out that ‘whoever it was — you’re a pig!’ I told my friends what had just happened and they were all shocked. Me and my girlfriends decided to leave the concert.”
She said she felt lucky that she was wearing jeans at the time of the attack.
Authorities now fear the 35 reports of sexual assaults are just the tip of the iceberg.
Ms Larsson said she believed the young men involved in the attack were foreigners, adding that they “were probably immigrants”.
Local police extra staff would be organised for the remainder of the festival.Two males aged between 15 and 17 have since been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.One tactic understood to be used during the festival includes several males surrounding a woman and assaulting her, leaving her with no escape, before dispersing into the crowd.
Ms Larsson said there was also verbal abuse thrown around during the festival, including threats to kill.The young woman said: “It was creepy. Someone stood around me and groped me and I had no idea who it was. It was sick.”
She said she felt powerless, particularly as she saw other young women leave the crowd crying after similar circumstances.The incident has since been reported to police.
Ms Larsson said she was worried for younger victims of sexual assault as they may not be able to cope with the incident.
She said she would never visit the festival again.Up to 24 reports of alleged assaults took place during the festival, known as Putte I Parken festival in Swedish, with another 11 reported afterwards, according to Breitbart.
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A TEENAGER has spoken out over her sexual assault after at least 35 teenage girls were attacked by a mob of ‘foreign youths’ at a Swedish music festival.
According to The Sun, Alexandra Larsson, 17, was at the ‘Party in the Park’ music festival in Karlstad, about 400km from Stockholm over the weekend, when she became just one of the targets in the horrific assaults.
Girls between 12 and 17 were allegedly targeted during the festival with more than 35 complaints made to police.
The incident comes just a few months after at least 26 women reported being sexually harassed or assaulted at the Schlossgrabenfest music festival in Germany.
Police said three Pakistani men aged 28 to 31, at least two of them asylum seekers, were arrested at that four-day open air event.
Waiving her right to anonymity, Ms Larsson said someone needed to speak out to draw attention to the issue.
The young woman said she was at the festival, listening to John de Sohn, when she was groped on Friday night.
She told MailOnline: “Someone took the liberty of grabbing my butt really hard. I turned away and said to the group of boys behind us that this was not okay, but I did not know who had done it. After a while, I felt someone running his fingers between my legs touching my genitalia.
“I turned around and screamed right out that ‘whoever it was — you’re a pig!’ I told my friends what had just happened and they were all shocked. Me and my girlfriends decided to leave the concert.”
She said she felt lucky that she was wearing jeans at the time of the attack.
Authorities now fear the 35 reports of sexual assaults are just the tip of the iceberg.
Ms Larsson said she believed the young men involved in the attack were foreigners, adding that they “were probably immigrants”.
Local police extra staff would be organised for the remainder of the festival.Two males aged between 15 and 17 have since been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.One tactic understood to be used during the festival includes several males surrounding a woman and assaulting her, leaving her with no escape, before dispersing into the crowd.
Ms Larsson said there was also verbal abuse thrown around during the festival, including threats to kill.The young woman said: “It was creepy. Someone stood around me and groped me and I had no idea who it was. It was sick.”
She said she felt powerless, particularly as she saw other young women leave the crowd crying after similar circumstances.The incident has since been reported to police.
Ms Larsson said she was worried for younger victims of sexual assault as they may not be able to cope with the incident.
She said she would never visit the festival again.Up to 24 reports of alleged assaults took place during the festival, known as Putte I Parken festival in Swedish, with another 11 reported afterwards, according to Breitbart.
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