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Police say the woman was hit from behind with a club Tuesday night on Brackett Street, the latest in a series of assaults since last fall.

Updated 2 hours ago NBC Universal, Inc. Roughly a month after a woman was punched in the face while walking alone at night in the West End part of Portland, Maine, another woman was attacked just blocks away. A 24-year-old woman was walking home from work around 10:25 p.m. Tuesday when a man, described as tall, thin and wearing a grey hoodie and ball cap, “ran up behind the victim and hit in the head with some sort of club or blunt object,” according to Portland police. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.

increase font size Concerns rise in Portland’s West End after woman attacked from behind Police say the woman was hit with a club Tuesday night on Brackett Street, the latest in a series of assaults since last fall. Share A woman was attacked from behind and hit with a club or bat on Brackett Street in Portland’s West End neighborhood on Tuesday night, according to police. It was at least the fourth attack against women in the West End neighborhood since last October, although one early incident did not result in physical violence. The latest assault was reported to police just before 10...