A Lanarkshire teenager was assaulted on a busy road on Friday evening.
The 14-year-old woman is believed to have been attacked by one other teen across the similar age in Rutherglen.
The incident is the most recent case of violence in town's Primary Road, a lot of which have concerned youngsters.
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Numerous social media posts prompt a gang was guilty for the incident, nevertheless, Lanarkshire Stay understands native police imagine the difficulty didn't contain a big group.
Some residents declare there was a number of different related circumstances lately.
One native instructed us : "It is a shame what has been occurring.
"There are women going about searching for fights and going after different women. There's at the very least three circumstances lately with them the place it seems to be like they're eager to have fights for enjoyable.
"They're like little animals once they get began. Everybody here is been speaking about it."
Earlier this yr Lanarkshire Stayinstructed how residents in and round Primary Road felt threatened and afraid of gangs of youngsters frequently beginning violence, together with, in a single case, flinging a home on the market board at locals going for a drink in a Wetherspoons pub.
The persevering with hassle has prompted one native store proprietor to supply their retailer as a secure place the place anybody feeling at risk can keep in till the difficulty has cleared.
In a social media put up involved Michael Duffin, who manages the Co-op on Primary Road, mentioned: "I've seen all these posts about youngsters on the primary road being assaulted.
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"As a father of 4 daughters this worries me , let your youngsters know that the Co-op is a part of the secure place scheme, so in the event that they really feel at risk or unsafe, come into retailer the place employees will probably be comfortable to help them in any manner,perhaps by calling somebody to choose them up or giving them a secure place to attend."
Police enquiries are ongoing into the Friday evening assault and a spokesperson confirmed that native officers are following a optimistic line of enquiry.
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