{A teenager from Guinea in West Africa has escaped from an Australian house where she was allegedly being held as a sex slave, according to police.}<\/p>\n
The 17-year-old girl had been brought to Sydney in early April by a man who offered her work as a cleaner, New South Wales Police said.<\/p>\n
She was allegedly taken to a house and sexually assaulted by “a number of men” until her escape on 27 April.<\/p>\n
Police officers from human trafficking and sex crime squads are investigating.
\nThe teenager told police she fled the unknown location before being picked up by a woman who drove her to a community centre.<\/p>\n
She was taken to hospital for medical treatment.<\/p>\n
The girl told police she had met a man in Guinea in January and he offered her employment. The pair travelled to Australia via Paris over several days in April.<\/p>\n
Police are searching for the teenager’s alleged attackers and the woman who went to her aid.<\/p>\n
Source:BBC <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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