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| Investigation follows sex attack | Investigation follows sex attack |
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| Police are investigating a serious sexual assault on a woman in north Belfast. | Police are investigating a serious sexual assault on a woman in north Belfast. |
| It is believed the victim was attacked by two men in the Woodvale Park area of the city. The incident was reported to police at about 1800 GMT on Monday. | It is believed the victim was attacked by two men in the Woodvale Park area of the city. The incident was reported to police at about 1800 GMT on Monday. |
| The woman, who is in her late teens, suffered cuts and bruising to her body. | The woman, who is in her late teens, suffered cuts and bruising to her body. |
| Police have appealed for anyone who was in the Woodvale Park or Ballygomartin Road area at the time of the attack to contact them. | Police have appealed for anyone who was in the Woodvale Park or Ballygomartin Road area at the time of the attack to contact them. |
| Chief Inspector Andrea McMullan said the girl had been walking home on Monday when she was set upon. | |
| Chief Inspector McMullan added: "She was attacked by two males and viciously raped. She has bruising and cuts to near enough every part of her body. | |
| "She has been kicked to the face and is very, very shaken up by this unprovoked attack. This was a brutal, horrendous and vicious attack." | |
| DUP West Belfast assembly member Diane Dodds urged anyone with any information about the incident to contact police. | DUP West Belfast assembly member Diane Dodds urged anyone with any information about the incident to contact police. |
| "Clearly the perpetrators of this crime are dangerous and need to be caught and put behind bars immediately," she said. | "Clearly the perpetrators of this crime are dangerous and need to be caught and put behind bars immediately," she said. |
| "The community in the Woodvale are shocked that this has taken place in their midst." | "The community in the Woodvale are shocked that this has taken place in their midst." |