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Police have launched an appeal for information after a 14-year-old girl has tragically been raped in broad daylight in London's Ilford, while out on an afternoon jog.
The teenager was forced into the bushes by the perpetrator before becoming victim to the sex attack.
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Police report the victim was wearing blue tracksuit bottoms and a long black jacket.
She began her run near the basketball courts in Goodmayes Park in Ilford, east London on Monday at around 2.40pm, when a man aged between 17 to 20 years old attacked her.
Police said the suspect was white, around 6ft tall with straight blonde hair and a slight moustache.
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The police are yet to make any arrests for the attack, and the investigation is ongoing.
Scotland Yard also report that there are now increased patrols of the local area.
Detective Constable Gemma Morris from the Met Police's East Area Command Unit, said: "Goodmayes Park would have been busy at the time of the afternoon and I am appealing to anyone that was in the park and saw the male described to please come forward and provide us with information.
"No matter how small or insignificant you think your information might be, it could really help our investigation."
Anyone with information can contact police via 101 or tweet MetCC quoting CAD5395/1Feb, or call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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The victim is now being supported by specially trained officers, they have confirmed.
This horrific incident comes just months after the high profile kidnap and sexual assault of a young girl in Mitcham.
Kadian Nelson, aged 26, was arrested on Tuesday 3rd November after the alleged attack took place in North Place, Mitcham, at 7am.
CCTV footage showed the girl - who was on her way to school - being followed down the street by the man in a hood.
A video captured on a mobile, and then shared widely on social media, then showed Nelson walking away with the girl, before the woman filming it comes to her aid and he flees.
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He was arrested at around 8pm in Tooting and has since been charged.
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