POLICE were investigating on Saturday after an alleged attack in an alleyway in the Rainbow Hill area of Worcester.

Residents said that crime-scene tape had been put up on Saturday at the entrances to the alleyway, which links Mayfield Road and Gillam Street and that a police car had been parked nearby.

A commenter on the Worcester News Facebook page said that they had heard that a "young girl" had been attacked in the alleyway.

The police were contacted, but had not responded as the Worcester News went to press.