REVEALED: The creepy question hooded stalker said to Colombian backpacker, 23, before grabbing after following her into her apartment building
- Woman, 23, was followed to her apartment block in Southbank, Melbourne
- The woman entered her building via the carpark and the man followed her
- Outside her apartment door he tried to grab her but she escaped inside
- Police have release CCTV of a man who may be able to help with inquiries
A Colombian exchange student has described her ordeal after a man followed her home after a night out and grabbed her.
The 23-year-old student, whose name has not been released, was followed as she walked home from a nightclub on Collins Street in Melbourne on Saturday at 2am.
A man tailed her into her apartment block, got in the lift with her and then grabbed her in the hallway before she ran into her apartment and he sprinted away.
The only thing the man said to her before the attack was ‘are you Clarissa from Norway?’
Investigators have released CCTV footage (above) of a man they believe may be able to assist with their enquiries
Speaking to reporters this morning, the student described her harrowing ordeal.
Through tears, she said: ‘I was walking by myself for around 20 minutes. I entered my building and to enter you have to touch with a pass.
‘He took advantage… he entered behind my but I never felt that.
‘I [called] the lift. The man came in very quickly and stood in the corner. I was thinking that was strange.
I pressed the level and he never pressed anything.
The student said that she felt uneasy and so decided to ask the man a question.
The 23-year-old was allegedly followed into her apartment lift and then snatched from behind. Pictured is CCTV released of a man police believe may be able to help with inquiries
‘I feel that something is bad,’ she said. ‘I asked him “‘What are you looking for?”
‘He said: “are you Clarissa from Norway?” I felt scared and said “no”.
‘He pretended to go back to the lift. I ran to the apartment and he was behind me.
‘He put his hand on my mouth and the other hand on my chest. The door was unlocked. I could open the door, I fell to the floor.’
At that point the woman’s housemate woke up and the man ran off.
The stranger covered the woman’s mouth and tried to grab her from behind, but her housemates came to her aid. Pictured is CCTV released of a man wanted for questioning over the abduction attempt
Investigators have released CCTV footage of a man they believe may be able to assist with their enquiries.
The man is described as being aged in his 20s, with a thin build, brown eyes, dark eyebrows and clean-shaven face.
He was wearing a black hooded top, blue jeans, black runners with white edges and a black cap with a white logo.
The man is described as being aged in his 20s, with a thin build, brown eyes, dark eyebrows and a clean-shaven face