The attack took place near the church in the pittoresque town of Nora, west of Stockholm, late Tuesday night. Nathalie Hager, who has suffered memory lapses because of the hard blows she received to her head during the attempted gang rape, had followed a friend to the bus stop.
Later, she went back to the bus stop again, since her friend thought she had forgotten her gloves there. When Nathalie was walking home for the second time, she noticed a group of men walking briskly behind her. She called her boyfriend and started to run, but after a chase of about a hundred meters the men caught up with her.
"They pushed me down on my stomach and dragged me by my hair up a paved hill and into an alley. I have no memories of them beating me, but my face is all blue and swollen. They also cut into one of my breasts with something that must have been a carpet knife or a a razor blade, the wounds are long and narrow. I also have big black marks on my arms where they held me."
Came around when the rape was about to start
Ms. Hager has no recollection of what happened until when she saw the men pulling their trousers down.
"Then I came around and noticed that they had ripped up all of my clothes. Somehow I managed to get away, I guess I must have beat them and clawed my way free because my hands are blue and black and swollen. I also had blood under my nails, which has been sampled by the police.
While running away Nathalie saw her boyfriend 50 meters away. At that point, the men departed from the scene. Soon thereafter, at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, she contacted the police. She went to the police station to report the assault.
According to Nathalie, who has worked with Arabs, the men were about 30-35 years old and spoke Arabic with what she believes is the Syrian dialect. One of them was wearing a white baseball cap and the others regular winter caps.
"Swedish whore!"
"My friend, whom I had earlier followed to the bus stop, had observed a bunch of foreign guys at the bus stop after I walked away. Some of them climbed aboard the bus but three or four remained here," Nathalie said.
In addition to speaking Arabic, the men used a few simple insulting expressions in Swedish during the attempted gang rape.
"It was only dirty words. 'Swedish whore' or 'Swedish slut' and 'cunt'. No full sentences. In my impression, they spoke no Swedish except these words, so I assume they were asylum seekers."
According to Nathalie, the police have not been in contact with her since she reported the assault on Tuesday evening. She herself has tried to contact them, having discovered more injuries and having realized that some details of her recollection had been inaccurate. But nobody has called back.
"They dismissed me and said nobody could help me right now. I have to wait for an officer to be appointed for the case, they said. Now I can't get hold of anyone and nobody seems to want to help. I spent a long time on the phone with the police and was connected to different people. None of them showed any interest or took notes when I named persons, including my friend at the bus station who saw the men and most likely would be able to provide accurate descriptions of them."
Incorrect media reporting
The only newspaper that has reported on the assault is the local Nerikes Allehanda, NA, in a miniscule notice, skipping over the bruises and cuts inflicted on the victim. According to NA, the victim "got her jacket and other clothing torn" in connection with an attempted rape.
"It made me very angry to read the tiny article. I also know of several people, including female friends of mine, who have contacted NA in the past and told them about molestations that they had been subjected to. The newspaper never reported any of it," Nathalie Hager told Fria Tider.
