On the 11-03-14 at around 3.30 pm a sixteen-year-old girl was walking home from school along Murray Road in Coburg when she was followed by an unknown male. The male asked her where she was going and when she ignored him he came up behind her and attempted to grab her by her shoulders and threatened her before she managed to escape and run away. The offender was described as being of Middle Eastern appearance, aged between thirty and thirty-five-years, around 165-170cm tall with tanned skin. Police are appealing for witnesses.

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