POLICE are investigating an alleged indecent assault on a 13-year-old schoolgirl in Co Down.
Detectives have appealed for help to identify two suspects in the attack on the teenager in Downpatrick.
Police said the alleged assault happened in the area of an alleyway near Thomas Russell Park on Tuesday at around 5.10pm.
The girl, who was dressed in her school uniform, fought the attackers off and escaped across Dunleith Park.
Police said the men were dressed all in black and the attack happened in an area of poor light.
They have appealed for witnesses, particularly a woman who was walking a dog in the area just before the attack happened.
