Police say 13-year-old girl made up 'refugee sex attack' at swimming pool in Austria

July 05, 2016 18:09

A reported sex attack at an Austrian swimming pool that sparked a ban on refugees was made up by a 13-year-old girl, police have said.

The teenager reported the alleged assault at a leisure centre in Mistelbach, Lower Austria, last month claiming she had been forced to perform oral sex in the women's changing room.

Following descriptions of the suspect as a "dark-skinned' foreign man, managers held an emergency meeting and temporarily suspended access to the pool for asylum seekers. Read more

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