Migrants at gig ‘groped 28 girls as young as 12’

MORE than 20 girls aged between 12 and 1 have complained of being sexually assaulted by youths thought to be asylum seekers at a Swedish music festival.

Some of the alleged victims reported scenes similar to the mass sex attacks in Germany on New Year’s Eve, when more than 1,000 women were assaulted in Cologne and other cities by gangs from North Africa and Syria.

The attacks reported in Sweden happened at the Party In The Park in Karlstad over the weekend.

One girl waived her right to anonymity yesterday to describe how she was groped by boys standing behind her on Friday.

Alexandra Larsson, 17, said: ‘Things got out of hand at midnight. Everyone around us behaved really badly and my friends told a couple of boys to quieten down. They were threatened by the boys who said, “You will die, bitch”.’

Miss Larsson added: ‘Those standing behind me were not from a Swedish background. They were probably immigrants. I hate to say it, but it is the truth.’

Seven males have been arrested, police said – six of them boys from a refugee centre for unaccompanied children. The seventh was a drunk 35-year-old Swede.

Chief Inspector Urban Bengtsson said: ‘We have at least 2 notified reports of sexual molestation – mainly women aged 12 to 1 .’