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• Aug 31, 2017
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(PLTM) - Police are on the hunt for a man, who pounced on a woman with a machete, and demanded sexual favours.

The incident took place yesterday afternoon, August 30, just after 2:00 pm, in the Long Bay Beach area.

"Police are following several leads into a case of indecent exposure by a male at the Long Bay Beach, on the western end of Tortola yesterday afternoon," police said.

Police further noted, "The perpetrator reportedly was armed with a machete and threatened a female who was at the beach at the time."

Police are seeking any information that could help to identify the perpetrator in this matter.

The matter was also raised on social media, where the victim, through a friend, asked that women be vigilant of this 'sexual predator' who is on the loose.

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