The West Midlands Police has issued an announcement informing concerning the investigation of the rape of a girl in her 20s in Walsall, and said that the case is being handled as a “racially aggravated assault”. In the meantime, a number of media reviews have claimed that the girl is allegedly of Indian-origin.
“We’re investigating after a girl in her 20s was raped in Walsall in what we’re treating as a racially aggravated assault,” the police assertion learn.
“We had been referred to as simply after 7.15 pm final night time to considerations for the welfare of a girl in misery on the street. Officers established that she had been raped and assaulted at a close-by property by a person she didn’t know. She is now being supported by our officers following the assault, within the Park Corridor space of Walsall,” it added.
In response to the police, the attacker is a white male, in his 30s, with brief hair, and was carrying darkish clothes.
“This night we’re releasing CCTV footage of the suspect. If you understand who he’s, name us on 999 instantly, quoting log 4027,” the assertion continued.
In response to the assertion, Det Supt Ronan Tyrer, who’s overseeing the investigation, stated, “This was a fully appalling assault on a younger lady, and we’re doing completely all the pieces we are able to to arrest the particular person accountable.”
“We’ve got groups of officers recovering proof and constructing a profile of the attacker in order that he will be introduced into custody as quickly as doable. Whereas we’re following a number of strains of enquiry proper now, it’s very important that we get to listen to from anybody who noticed a person performing suspiciously within the space on the time,” the cop added.
Moreover, Ch Supt Phil Dolby, of Walsall Police, stated, “Our focus proper now could be on supporting the investigators in figuring out and arresting the attacker. “Walsall is a various space, and we all know the worry and concern that this terrible assault will trigger, in our communities.”
Preet Kaur Gill, the Labour MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, in a put up on X, expressed deep shock and stated “saddened that we’re listening to of one more racially aggravated rape this time in Walsall.”