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A campaign group has claimed Holbeck is 'under seige' after three separate attacks on women were reported in less than 36 hours.

A female sex worker was assaulted by a male client in Shafton Lane on Sunday afternoon, then in the evening, a woman was grabbed on a footpath near Kenneth Street in an attempted rape at around 5.30pm.

A third incident was reported to officer after a woman was physically assaulted in Holbeck Moor Park at around 10.15pm last night.

Luckily she was able to hit her attacker with a piece of wood and escape.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said the incidents were not linked to each other.

Campaign group Save Our Eyes, which opposes the Managed Zone and documents its impact on Holbeck residents, said the Kenneth Street incident caused great concern.

In a statement, it said: "A flurry of anxious messages go round on our community groups as residents rush to establish the circumstances to gauge how close to harm they have been and if immediate risk to friends and family remains."

It said the community was 'under siege'.

The statement continued: "Now two years into our resident’s campaign with a dedicated police team, seven day a week cleansing unit and services for the prostituted women working at full tilt but the Managed Approach rule breaking and antisocial behaviour in family streets rumbles on unabated.

"Pandora is out of her box, literally, and with it a community is under siege."

Time Line Three attacks in Holbeck in 36 hours Attack on sex worker A female sex worker was assaulted by a client in Shafton Lane on Sunday afternoon. A West Yorkshire Police statement said: "At 2.53pm [on Sunday] police received a report of a woman sex worker having been physically assaulted by a male client in Shafton Lane, Holbeck, shortly after 2.30pm. "Enquiries into the incident are ongoing." Attempted rape Investigations into an attempted rape near Kenneth Street saw a footpath sealed off by police yesterday after a woman in her fourties was grabbed by a man as she was walking home at around 5.30pm. A statement from police said: "Detectives are investigating an attempted serious sexual assault on a woman in Holbeck. The victim, who is aged in her forties, contacted police at 7.10pm [on Sunday] to report being grabbed by a man as she was walking home on a footpath near to Kenneth Street at about 5:30pm. The suspect ran off when he was disturbed by a passer-by. A scene has been put in place to undergo forensic examination and enquiries into the incident are ongoing." Assault in Holbeck Moor Park A woman was attacked as she was walking to work - but managed to escape after hitting her attacker with a piece of wood. Police said: "At 10:32pm yesterday (Monday) police received a report of a woman having been physically assaulted by a man in Holbeck Moor Park at about 10.15pm. "The victim, a 23-year-old woman, reported that she was walking to work when she was attacked. "She was able to hit the man with a piece of wood and get away from the scene. She was not injured. "Officers are speaking to the victim to get further details and enquiries into the incident are ongoing. "Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact Leeds District CID via 101 quoting crime reference 13190281607."

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