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Appeal after sex attack on woman | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
Police have confirmed that a woman has been indecently assaulted in County Tyrone. | |
The 26-year-old was walking home in the Maloon View area of Cookstown at 1800 GMT on Saturday when she was approached by a man wearing black clothing. | |
He pushed her against a wall and assaulted her. A helicopter and sniffer dogs have been used in police searches of the area. | |
The police have appealed for information about the attack. | |
They want to hear from anyone who was in the area of Maloon view or on Morgan's Hill Road between 1730 GMT and 1830 GMT and who saw a man about 5'7'' tall. | |
Councillor Tony Quinn of the SDLP said people were shocked by the attack. | |
Police carried out searches on Saturday evening and again on Sunday. |