"An urgent police appeal has been launched to identify a man believed to have raped a woman in a racially aggravated attack. West Midlands police were called to the Park Hall area of Walsall just after 7.15pm on Saturday after a woman was reported to be distressed in the street. Officers established that the woman, in her 20s, had been raped and assaulted at a nearby property by a man she did not know, the force said."
"Det Supt Ronan Tyrer, of West Midlands police, said: This was an absolutely appalling attack on a young woman, and we are doing absolutely everything we can to arrest the person responsible. We have teams of officers recovering evidence and building a profile of the attacker so that he can be brought into custody as soon as possible. While we are following multiple lines of inquiry right now, it's vital that we get to hear from anyone who saw a man acting suspiciously in the area at the time."
"Last month, a Sikh woman was raped in grassland on Tame Road, Oldbury, in an incident also treated as racially aggravated by police. Preet Kaur Gill MP, the Labour (Co-op) MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, posted on X: Deeply shocked and saddened that we are hearing of yet another racially aggravated rape this time in Walsall. West Midlands police have reported a rape and assault of a young woman in her 20s in the Park Hall area, described as racially aggravated."
West Midlands police were called to Park Hall, Walsall just after 7.15pm on Saturday after a woman was reported distressed in the street. Officers established a woman in her 20s had been raped and assaulted at a nearby property by a man she did not know. The incident is being treated as racially aggravated. The suspect is described as white, in his 30s, with short hair and wearing dark clothing. Police released CCTV footage and asked anyone with information, dashcam or CCTV, to call 999. Officers are recovering evidence and building a profile. Last month a Sikh woman was raped on Tame Road, Oldbury, also treated as racially aggravated.
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