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Woman is raped during gang assault in Poleglass | Woman is raped during gang assault in Poleglass |
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A 23-year-old woman has been raped on the outskirts of west Belfast. | A 23-year-old woman has been raped on the outskirts of west Belfast. |
She was walking along the Bell Steel Road in Poleglass at around 22.10 GMT on Friday when she was approached from behind three men. | She was walking along the Bell Steel Road in Poleglass at around 22.10 GMT on Friday when she was approached from behind three men. |
She was forced onto a grass bank close to the Woodside Estate where she was held down and raped. | She was forced onto a grass bank close to the Woodside Estate where she was held down and raped. |
Police have appealed to anyone with any information about the attack to contact detectives in the PSNI's Rape Crime Unit on 0845 600 8000. | Police have appealed to anyone with any information about the attack to contact detectives in the PSNI's Rape Crime Unit on 0845 600 8000. |
'Dreadful ordeal' | |
West Belfast councillor Charlene O'Hara said the people who assaulted the woman must be "taken off the streets as soon as possible". | |
"First and foremost the thoughts of the community are with the victim who has suffered this dreadful ordeal," the Sinn Féin representative said. | |
"This has shocked the local community who will not feel safe until the perpetrators are apprehended," Ms O'Hara added. | |
"I would call on anyone with any information whatsoever to contact the PSNI so that the culprits can be taken off the streets." |
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