Latest: Police call off manhunt after schoolgirl attack in Leeds was a false alarm

PARENTS in Leeds are being reassured by police after claims a schoolgirl was attacked turned out to be a false alarm.

By The Newsroom

Published 13th Jan 2016, 07:51 BST

Updated 13th Jan 2016, 08:54 BST

Scene of the incident - the junction of Brigshaw Lane and Tatefield Grove, Leeds. (Google Maps)

As previously reported, the 11-year-old girl had told police she was grabbed by a man and pulled into a ginnel at the junction of Brigshaw Lane and Tatefield Grove in Kippax.

But last night police said they are no longer for looking for anyone in connection with the incident after further investigation by specialist officers established the alleged incident never occurred.

A spokeswoman for West Yorkshire Police said: “Officers who were investigating reports of a girl being grabbed by a man in Kippax are no longer for looking for anyone in connection with the incident.

“After specially trained officers spoke to the girl it was established that she was mistaken and the alleged incident hadn’t happened.”