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29th Jan 2016

Gardaí Investigating Two Separate Sexual Assaults In Tallaght

The two separate incidents occurred on the same day.

Ellen Tannam

Police in Tallaght are currently investigating two separate incidents of sexual assault that occurred in the Springfield area on Monday last.

The attacks happened within an hour of each other, confirms the Tallaght Echo.

The first assault involved a juvenile teenage girl opposite St Mark’s GAA Club on the Cookstown road. Gardaí have forensically examined the area and are following a number of lines of enquiry. There has been a special child interviewer assigned to the victim of this attack.

A second sexually motivated assault was also reported to Tallaght Garda station later on Monday. Two sisters in their late teens were accosted by a group of six young men who tried to wrestle them to the ground. They were groped and the assailants also exposed themselves to the young women.

 Anybody with information on either alleged assault or was in the vicinity on Monday, January 25, is encouraged to contact Tallaght Garda Station on 01 6666000.

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