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Police are looking for witnesses who may have been in the Londonderry Park area. Google Street View

Three arrested on suspicion of rape after woman assaulted by a number of men in Down

The incident occurred this morning in Newtownards.

LAST UPDATE | 15 Sep 2019

DETECTIVES IN THE North have arrested a man in his 20s and two teenagers following reports of a serious sexual assault in Co Down.

The incident occurred in the vicinity of Londonderry Park on the Portaferry Road in Newtownards.

At around 6.25am this morning, a woman told police that she’d been assaulted by a number of men in the vicinity of the park a short time earlier.

A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape and remains in custody at this time. Police later confirmed that a 19-year-old man and an 18-year-old man had also been arrested on suspicion of rape. 

The PSNI has appealed for any witnesses to come forward.

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