Afghan Migrant Tells Court He Sodomized 13-Year-Old Boy for ‘Revenge’ Against France for Denying His Asylum Claim

An Afghan migrant confessed yesterday in court to anally raping a 13-year-old boy from the French village of Croisilles, saying he committed the act as “revenge” against France for denying his asylum claim. In the case, he confessed to raping a homeless woman in the same village.

The village became well known in the media for establishing a reception center for migrants.

Zalakahan S., the Afghan in the case, made the confession in Paris during a separate murder trial he is facing for an incident from 2022 in which he reportedly tried to stab a tourist in the neck.

Zalakahan S. said he watched the boy play football, stole his cellphone, and then brutally sodomized the victim.

At the trial, Zalakahan S. admitted to raping the boy through an interpreter, as he does not speak French. He also said he “hates Europe.”

The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. near the football stadium, with the young boy escaping after the rape to take refuge at a resident’s house.

Zalakahan S. was already known to authorities for being expelled from the Croisilles reception center in 2020 after he threatened to kill an employee, but despite the offense, he returned to reside there in March 2022.

Notably, the mother of the raped boy is a volunteer who teaches migrants in the town of Croisilles.

It’s not Zalakahan S.,’s only rape either. He also raped a homeless woman in the same town, which he also confessed to during the trial.

A judicial official in the town tried to downplay the rape at first, saying most rapes are “interfamilial.” However, three children in the village of 2,000 people have been sexually assaulted by refugees.

The mayor of Croisilles, Gérard Dué, is being accused of keeping the rape under wraps, according to the journalist Amaury Bucco, who broke the story. The mayor only admitted to a phone being stolen but did not mention the rape. He has not yet commented on the rape allegations.

However, he may have a strong motive for doing so, as he was at the center of a political battle to bring the migrant center to the village. He was congratulated by top officials, including Emmanuel Macron, for his pro-migrant efforts.

His trial for the attempted murder case in Paris is ongoing.

The Arras public prosecutor’s office is now considering a judicial investigation into the events in Croisilles, before the Béthune court, due to their criminal nature.

These were not the only incidents in Croisilles since the migrant center was opened in 2017. In 2020, another Afghan migrant was sentenced to six months in prison for sexually assaulting a boy, and in 2018, a Moroccan migrant assaulted a girl in a supermarket.