Girl, 16, 'strangled to unconsciousness by stranger'
GoogleA man choked a teenage girl to the point of unconsciousness when she tried to break up an argument, police have said.
The attacker, thought to be in his late teens, was not known to the 16-year-old, who was said to have been extremely distressed by the incident.
Gloucestershire Police said the attack happened near a Texaco garage in Coleford in the Forest of Dean, at about 19.30 BST on 31 May.
The girl was walking with a friend when she heard a man having an argument with another man and tried to de-escalate it, police said, before one of them turned on her and strangled her.
She had no serious injuries but was taken to hospital as a precaution.
Investigators are now trying to find the two men. One was white with tanned skin and blond hair, 5ft 9in to 6ft tall, and between 16 and 18 years old. He was wearing a green tracksuit.
The second man was white, between 17 and 20 years old, and the same height. He was dressed in black.
He had brown hair, shaved shorter at the bottom and longer on top, and facial stubble.
Officers are also trying to trace a member of the public who helped the girl after the attack on Old Station Way.
They have asked for anyone who was in the area between 19:00 BST and 20.30 BST to contact them.
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