Girl unconscious after violent sex attack

A 14-year-old girl has been found unconscious after being viciously attacked and sexually assaulted.

The attack took place behind a library in Lower Hutt last night.

The girl was found unconscious and bloodied by a family out for a walk in the area about 8pm.

Detective Sergeant Tusha Penny said the girl was seen talking to a man who was sitting on a park bench outside the Taita Library on Taine St.

Witnesses saw them walk behind the library where she was attacked, she said.

The man was last seen walking from behind the library and along Taine St, towards High St.

A team of police were investigating the attack and urged anyone who saw the pair or knew the man's identity to come forward, Ms Penny said.

The man was described as a Pacific Islander aged between 25 and 30, about 6ft tall, of solid build with close cut black hair.

He was wearing khaki or tan three-quarter length pants, a light coloured sweatshirt and had a bandage over the shin of one leg.

- NZPA