Brisbane woman fights off attacker

A woman has been grabbed from behind and dragged into a garden in a thwarted sexual assault in Brisbane, police say.

A woman has managed to fight off a man who grabbed her from behind and dragged her off a Brisbane footpath, police say.

The woman was walking down a Lutwyche footpath at 5.30am on Sunday when a man approached her from behind, clasped a hand over her mouth and pulled her off the path.

She managed to escape after biting him on the chest and police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.


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