Dogs chase man and save two women in southeast Melbourne from attempted sexual assault
The women were walking their dogs at Gardner’s Creek in Kooyong on Tuesday.
Two women have been rescued by their dogs from an attempted sexual assault in Melbourne’s southeast.
The women were walking their dogs at Gardner’s Creek in Kooyong, near Glenfrey Rd, on Tuesday when a man allegedly leapt from a bush and attempted to attack them.
Victoria Police said the incident has prompted a criminal investigation after an “unknown male jumped out of a bush and put his arms around” one of the women before she “managed to push him away”.
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Footage of the alleged attack shows a man wearing a grey hoodie and a blue backpack being chased by at least six dogs of various breeds, sizes and levels of aggression.
At one point, a small blue healer jumps up and latches onto the man’s pants, tearing a piece of fabric away, the footage shows.
“The victims’ dogs then chased the male into a nearby tunnel under the Monash Freeway,” the spokesperson said.
Police are still looking for the man, who is described as being of African appearance and was wearing a black tracksuit, socks and slides, a grey hooded top, and a blue backpack.
Police have urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.
- with NewsWire
