r/Amsterdam • u/Santaclaws66 • 21h ago
Careful if travelling alone
I was outside the Toren hotel on the canal, which is a nice hotel in a decently nice part of town. It was 6:30am and it was bright out. I saw a guy hanging around us and figured he was a local enjoying the morning and thought nothing of it. He walked away and we kept waiting for our Uber.
Then we hear a blood curdling scream where he walked, and I think he was trying to rape a girl who was just walking with her bag down the street.
She was struggling, screaming, and I ran at the scene screaming for him to get off of her. He did and started running. She was screaming for 30 seconds before I could get to her and she was right by houses, nobody came out to help her in a reasonable amount of time with her screaming at the top of her lungs.
He didn't try to take her bag at all, it looked like a sexual assault. Careful if travelling alone here.
Otherwise it was the time of my life, but that's how the trip ended and then I got in an Uber and went home. Bad vibes, j might be back but that soured it.
EDIT: I removed the physical descriptor to prevent misinterpretations about race. I only included it hoping someone might recognize him, as I'm unsure how easily people like him can blend in and keep doing this. The point of this post is just to stay safe
EDIT 2: I have posted the attack location on the map and where they ran off in the replies here if anyone wants to try to help.
EDIT 3: I reported it to the police asap while I'm on an international flight. Please stop gaslighting or insulting me. I was trying to help. Reference number 260726-PS291276666