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Boy, 13, arrested over spate of sex attacks on nine women in east London

Police investigating a spate of sexual assaults against nine women in east London have arrested a 13-year-old boy.

The teenager has been bailed pending further enquiries until late November.

It comes after nine women were subjected to unwanted sexual touching over a five-week period in the east end of the capital.

Scotland Yard said the attacks were particularly clustered around Blackwall Way, in Poplar.

They took place in the evening between September 6 and October 11.

Police have stepped up patrols in the area to reassure the public.

Anyone walking alone, particularly women, were urged to remain alert.

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