Police at Savelugu in the Northern Region are holding a 43-year-old suspect for attempted rape and assault. The police say the victim, Zarawu Haruna, who hails from Savelugu-Wanzam Fong, reported at their station with multiple wounds and blood oozing from her back and other parts of her body. They said the victim, accompanied by her father, Haruna Awudu, narrated that she was about to take her bath when her father’s younger brother called her into his room. The suspect, Tanko Ibrahim Awudu, was said to have tried to rape her by first trying to strip the victim of the cloth she had around her.