Woman violated in Wanganui

Police yesterday continued the hunt for two men who snatched a young woman off a Wanganui street at the weekend and sexually violated her.

The woman was walking along Smithfield Rd in suburban Castlecliff toward the city centre on Saturday night when a car with two male occupants pulled alongside her.

Before she could get away, she was pulled into the car, which took off at high speed.

She was driven to another part of the city and sexually attacked.

The victim told police her attackers were a fat Pakeha with a "heavy" speech impediment and an Indian.

They were in a late-model car, believed to be similar to a Holden Commodore.