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Twelve year old "drops" Algerian assailant in Perama

Featured Twelve year old "drops" Algerian assailant in Perama

Α12-year-old student versed in the martial arts managed to neutralize a man who attempted to sexually assault her.

Ioanna, like every day, was on the local bus to return home to Perama. The bus driver was her father. Among the passengersvwas a 25-year-old Algerian who was watching her.

When she got off at her bus stop, the man followed her in order to assault her.

"Suddenly, he grabbed my chest, I panicked I didn't know what to do, I kicked him in the face and he  got stunned, then I got in two punches and he fell on a car, I shouted to my mom who was outside waiting and then she started running and called my father," she told Star tv.

“I was scared I was panicked and didn't know what to do. He was my dad's height, but I didn't notice him in my turmoil, he was around 24 - 25 years old. We had never seen him in Perama before," the 12-year-old said.

The young man, who tried to escape, was arrested by Perama police officers.