Police launch a manhunt after a woman in her 20s is raped in Covent Garden, in London’s West End. The accounts describe an early-morning attack in which a stranger approaches the woman and drags her into a doorway before raping her.
Local outlets report that police are treating the incident as a serious sexual assault and are seeking the suspect. The London Evening Standard characterizes the attack as taking place in the heart of the West End and describes it as “terrible,” while The Mirror focuses on the circumstances police describe, including the sequence of the approach, being dragged into the doorway, and the rape. Both reports indicate the victim is attacked by an unknown man and that detectives are working to identify him.
Authorities provide few additional details in the excerpts, but both outlets agree that a manhunt is under way following the assault.
