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| Police warning after woman raped | Police warning after woman raped |
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| There have been calls for improved safety at a north Belfast park where a young woman was raped by two men. | |
| The victim, who is in her late teens, was attacked and beaten at teatime on Monday in Woodvale Park. | |
| Police have warned women in the area to take extra care. They have urged anyone with information to contact them. | |
| Chief Inspector Andrea McMullan said one attacker had dark hair, spiked in a Mohican style, but the tips of the spike were dyed blonde. | |
| Details of the attack were only released by police on Tuesday. | |
| The attack has shocked people in the area. | |
| Roberta Gray of the Shankill Women's Centre said : "It is really, really sad because this road has come through so much. | Roberta Gray of the Shankill Women's Centre said : "It is really, really sad because this road has come through so much. |
| Intervened | Intervened |
| "We are trying to bring ourselves now out of the conflict and for something like this to have happened - the women on this road have suffered enough without suffering sex attacks." | "We are trying to bring ourselves now out of the conflict and for something like this to have happened - the women on this road have suffered enough without suffering sex attacks." |
| Detectives are looking for two men who ran off when a passer-by intervened. | Detectives are looking for two men who ran off when a passer-by intervened. |
| They believe people in the park may have seen the attackers, thought to be in their late teens or early 20s. | They believe people in the park may have seen the attackers, thought to be in their late teens or early 20s. |
| Woodvale DUP councillor William Humphrey called for a "multi-agency approach" to improve safety in the city. | Woodvale DUP councillor William Humphrey called for a "multi-agency approach" to improve safety in the city. |
| "I want to know that everyone in this society can use our public spaces and use them freely without any fear of attack or crime," he said. | "I want to know that everyone in this society can use our public spaces and use them freely without any fear of attack or crime," he said. |
| "There is a young lady this morning who is sitting in a situation where she has been violently abused and we have to make sure that doesn't happen again. | "There is a young lady this morning who is sitting in a situation where she has been violently abused and we have to make sure that doesn't happen again. |
| "We will be working with the police, with this local community, with all agencies right across this city to try to ensure that this doesn't happen again." | "We will be working with the police, with this local community, with all agencies right across this city to try to ensure that this doesn't happen again." |