Arrest after girl raped in train toilet
The girl's attacker left the Thameslink train at Abbey Wood station
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A man has been arrested after a teenager was raped in a toilet on a train in south-east London, British Transport Police (BTP) said.
The 17-year-old girl was attacked after boarding a Thameslink train towards Abbey Wood from Woolwich Arsenal railway station at about 06:10 BST on 19 July, having been sexually assaulted on the platform five minutes beforehand.
The man left the network at Abbey Wood while the girl continued to Slade Green station and later reported the incident to police.
BTP said a 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of rape and taken into custody. He was later released on bail pending further inquiries.
Officers are appealing for anyone who was at Woolwich Arsenal station and may have seen the pair on the platform, or anyone who saw them on the train, to contact police immediately.
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