Four men are being hunted by detectives after they allegedly gang-raped a 14-year-old schoolgirl.

The girl was attacked in a park at St Albans Park in Geelong, Victoria at around 4 am on Sunday and then gang-raped at the front yard of a nearby house, Victoria Police reports. The girl was with her 16-year-old male friend when the incident took place. Both were attending a party nearby and were not much aware of the locality.

Detective Senior Sergeant Peter Walsh said the victim was traumatised and devastated after the “serious sexual assault.” According to him, the attackers, “big stocky” drunk men aged around 25, were violent to her.

During the attack in the part, the victim’s friend pleaded with one of the men to spare her as he told them she was just 14. An attacker pushed the boy to the ground and kicked him. The young boy ran to the nearby party they were attending. Meanwhile, the attackers took the girl to a nearby house where the girl was further assaulted.

Detectives on Wednesday were conducting a large door knock through the area where the girl was believed to have been taken. They are working with the traumatised girl's scattered recollections of being taken to a house and attacked before she was brought back to the park.

One of the men whom the boy pleaded with showed conscience about the circumstances, according to police. He walked the girl to the party after the assault. Police found the girl at 5 a.m. when she was knocking on a random house for help.

"We think that this girl was with these offenders for at least one hour, at this stage we do not know where she was taken, we know she was taken to a house within walking distance because she was carried by one of the males," The Age quoted Walsh as saying. "She was eventually let go from the house. She knocked on a door to get some help in the area and police were in the area and within a number of minutes police had come to her aid with a number of civilians."

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or submit a confidential report to www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.

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