Teen girl assaulted

Police investigating an assault on a 15-year-old girl in Timaru last night say they are treating the incident as serious, even though she was unhurt.

The girl was assaulted by two men behind a substation on the corner of Selwyn and Grassmere streets some time between 11pm and 1am, said Detective Sergeant Dylan Murray of the Timaru CIB.

"She doesn't have any life-threatening injuries...[but] there were circumstances surrounding the assault that make it serious."

The girl was taken to hospital and was now safe at home with family, he said.

The investigation was in its early stages and police did not yet have firm leads.

Police were knocking on doors in the area and a forensic photographer was at the site.

- NZPA