Police investigate as second woman attacked with knife in Derry in two days

Police responded and searched the area but said the attacker had already fled

Officers are investigating whether two incidents of women being attacked in Londonderry are linked. File Picture: PA

A woman has been assaulted by a man armed with knife in Derry in what police are treating as a sexually motivated attack.

Officers are investigating whether the incident in the Waterside area of Derry on Saturday afternoon is linked to a similar sexually motivated attack involving a man with a knife in Drumahoe on the outskirts of the city on Friday evening.