The West Midlands Police mentioned it was referred to as to the Park Corridor space of Walsall on Saturday night following issues for the welfare of a girl in misery on the street. The pressure launched CCTV digicam footage of the suspect as a part of a public attraction for info and confirmed that they're treating the crime “as a racially aggravated assault”.
“This was a completely appalling assault on a younger girl, and we're doing completely every little thing we will to arrest the individual accountable,” Detective Superintendent (DS) Ronan Tyrer, who's overseeing the investigation for the West Midlands Police, mentioned on Sunday.
“We've got groups of officers recovering proof and constructing a profile of the attacker in order that he may be introduced into custody as quickly as doable. Whereas we're following a number of traces of enquiry proper now, it is vital that we get to listen to from anybody who noticed a person appearing suspiciously within the space on the time,” he mentioned.
“It might be that you just have been driving via the realm and have dashcam footage, or you will have CCTV that we've not but recovered. Your info might be the very important breakthrough that we want,” he mentioned.
The attacker is described as white, in his 30s, with brief hair and sporting darkish clothes on the time of the assault. Whereas the police are but to verify additional particulars, area people teams have claimed that the sufferer is a Punjabi girl and expressed issues as the newest assault comes weeks after the racially aggravated rape of a British Sikh girl within the close by Oldbury space. “At this stage, we're not linking this assault to another offences,” DS Tyrer mentioned in his assertion.Specialist officers from the pressure's Public Safety Unit, native policing officers, and forensic officers are mentioned to be working to get well CCTV digicam footage, communicate to witnesses, and determine the suspect.
Chief Superintendent Phil Dolby of Walsall Police mentioned his staff's focus is 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. We've got been chatting with folks in the neighborhood immediately to take heed to and perceive their issues, and there shall be an elevated policing presence within the coming days,” he mentioned.
Sikh Federation UK quoted native sources to say that the “younger girl who was topic to a racially aggravated rape in Walsall is a Punjabi girl”.
“The attacker apparently broke down the door of the home the place she was residing… West Midlands Police have now had two racially aggravated rapes of younger girls of their 20s within the final two months and urgently want to search out these accountable,” the organisation mentioned.
The pressure has made just a few arrests earlier than releasing the suspects on bail of their investigation into the racially aggravated rape of a British Sikh girl in Oldbury final month.
