Rio 2016: Namibia's Jonas Junias Jonas held for sexual assault

The boxer who carried the Namibian flag at the Olympics opening ceremony has been arrested for sexual assault, police said on Monday, the second such case to rock the Games

Rio de Janeiro: The boxer who carried the Namibian flag at the Olympics opening ceremony has been arrested for sexual assault, police said on Monday, the second such case to rock the Games.

Jonas Junias

Jonas Junias Jonas, 22, was detained Sunday for sexually assaulting a female room cleaner in the athletes' village in Rio de Janeiro, said a police spokeswoman.

His arrest came just two days after police arrested Moroccan boxer Hassan Saada on suspicion of sexually assaulting two female cleaners in the athletes' village.

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