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	A teenage girl had a plastic bag pulled over her head in a terrifying attack where she was targeted by a man as she was jogging in a west-Dublin neighbourhood.</p>
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	The girl, believed to be 13, was out running in Clonsilla, training for her school athletics team, when the unknown assailant struck in broad daylight.</p>
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	She was approached from behind by the man who pulled the bag over her head. A struggle ensued and the girl managed to escape unharmed.</p>
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	The sinister incident occurred at Manorfields Drive Road beside the Ravenwood estate on Monday at about 3pm.</p>
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	It is the third &quot;suspicious approach&quot; of a child in the Clonsilla area in the last two weeks.</p>
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	Local councillor David McGuinness said the community is &quot;on alert&quot; over the incidents.</p>
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	&quot;The community want to see anybody who is involved in something of this nature to be brought in for questioning,&quot; he said.</p>
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	&quot;Anyone who would attack a young girl like that is just a scumbag,&quot; Mr McGuinness added, referring to Monday&#39;s incident.</p>
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	After the attack the victim made her way back to the Colaiste Pobail Setanta and alerted school staff.</p>
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	Gardai were called and five units immediately rushed to the scene, but there was no sign of the attacker.</p>
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	The school sent out a message warning parents to be extra vigilant.</p>
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	&quot;Please do not allow students to walk alone in the area. There was a potential incident in the area after school today,&quot; the message read.</p>
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	A garda spokesperson confirmed that there was a &quot;suspicious approach&quot; made on a child and that the incident is being investigated.</p>
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	Previously, on Thursday, March 12, a girl from the Scoil Mhuire Senior School was allegedly approached at Mount Sycamore Green by a man in a red car at approximately 4pm.</p>
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	Unlike this week&#39;s incident the perpetrator in that case did not come into physical contact with the child.</p>
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	An alert message was also sent out to parents on that occasion.</p>
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	&quot;Following an incident in the Clonsilla area last night where a male stranger in a red car approached a pupil of our school, we are asking parents to be vigilant with regard to child safety at all times,&quot; it read.</p>
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	&quot;The gardai in Blanchardstown are dealing with the incident and taking the necessary precautions,&quot; it added.</p>
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	WARNING</p>
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	Then on Wednesday, March 18, two schoolgirls were approached at night time by two men in a black car.</p>
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	The incident happened at approximately 8.30pm as the teens walked on the Hartstown Road.</p>
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	The local school, Hartstown Community College - where the girls are students - also issued a warning advising parents to speak with their children about safety.</p>
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	No direct link has as of yet been established between the incidents and no arrests have yet been made in relation to any of the three suspicious approaches.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/teenage-girl-13-has-bag-pulled-over-head-by-man-in-latest-abduction-bid-31095720.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/teenage-girl-13-has-bag-pulled-over-head-by-man-in-latest-abduction-bid-31095720.html</a></p>
