GERMAN cops have released photos of a little girl who has suffered sickening sexual abuse in warped paedophile videos.

Investigators are hoping to track down and rescue the child who is believed to be between four and five years old.

Sun Online has chosen to subsequently blur her face after she was rescued and a suspect arrested.

3 Police in Germany released images of a girl who had been filmed being abused in sick paedophile videos found on the dark web

Warped footage of her abuse was first spotted by authorities on known paedo sites in July.

But detectives with Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) believe the abuse may have started as early as last October, when images first began appearing on the notorious dark web.

They fear the girl is still being abused and launched a last-ditch bid to save her by releasing her images.

Anyone with information that could lead to her being found are invited to contact BKA investigators via their website.

3 By midnight, both victim and alleged abuser had been identified and a man is now in custody

"The Central Office for Combating Internet Crime and the Federal Criminal Police Office are jointly searching for an unknown suspect and his underage victim", a statement said.

"The unknown accused is suspected of sexually abusing a child of about 4 to 5 years of age and then spreading it on a child pornography platform in the so-called Darknet."

The German-speaking girl is described as having blonde to dark blonde hair, a round chin and a snub nose. Her eye colour is believed to be brown.

3 Police said she was subjected to “serious sexual abuse” between October last year and July this year

Efforts to identify the girl and her attacker have so far failed, and authorities worry that she is could still accessible to her attacker.

"Since there are no further investigative possibilities, the District Court of Giessen ordered a public inquiry with pictures of the victim", police said.

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