American Tourist Raped in Public Toilet, Heart of Paris Tourism Unsafe?
Tourists and Parisians often picnic by the river or head out for a drink in the evening. That's what the American tourist did too.
American Tourist Raped in Public Toilet, Heart of Paris Tourism Unsafe?
An American tourist is raped in a public toilet in central Paris, France. The 27-year-old woman was out with her partner on Saturday evening, August 6, 2022, on the banks of the River Seine in the tourist heart of Paris, not far from Notre Dame Cathedral and Paris City Hall. Quoted from the Guardian page, Friday (12/8/2022), the pedestrian area by the river was actually crowded with visitors. It becomes the focal point for Paris River's Right Bank summer event, Paris Plages, which is always busy, day and night. Tourists and Parisians often picnic by the river or head out for a drink in the evening. That's what the American tourist did. At around 1 a.m., he stopped at a public toilet near the Louis-Philippe bridge in Paris' 4th district. The location is not far from the local bars so it is considered safe and well maintained. It is part of a new facility built six years ago when the riverfront area was declared a motorized-free area. The local newspaper Le Parisien reported tha…
