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Yatton village sex attacker hunted by police Police make arrest in Yatton sex attacker search
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A man believed to have carried out a series of sex attacks and indecent exposures within 24 hours is being hunted by police. Police have arrested a man in connection with a series of sex attacks over 24 hours.
During one of the attacks a 33-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in front of her children in Yatton, North Somerset. The 22-year-old man was detained on suspicion of sexual assault and indecent exposures.
In one of the attacks a 33-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in front of her children in Yatton, North Somerset.
All the attacks, which police are linking, took place between Sunday and Monday evening.
The arrested man is in custody for questioning.
Avon and Somerset Police have stepped up patrols and warned women to avoid going out alone at night.Avon and Somerset Police have stepped up patrols and warned women to avoid going out alone at night.
Det Sgt Adam Knee said: "These incidents are clearly very concerning"
Police have linked the four separate incidents in Yatton, which took place between Sunday and Monday evening.
Samantha Huff, who was working in a betting shop on the High Street on Sunday evening, spotted the man exposing himself to her through a window.
She told BBC Points West she "was scared" when she first saw him, and alerted police when he returned to the shop a few minutes later because she "worried he would try to follow me home".
The attacker is described as white, aged in his late teens/early 20s, of slim or medium build.
He was wearing jogging bottoms or dark jeans, a grey hooded top and possibly a black scarf or balaclava.