A WOMAN has been raped in a secluded wood near to a golf course.
The 28-year-old victim was approached by a man as she left the Co-Op in Broad Street at around 5pm on Sunday.
She told detectives she was attacked at Seaford Golf Course around 30 minutes later in a wooded area.
After returning home shortly after 6pm, she reported the incident to the police.
Detective sergeant Dave Elcock, of Sussex Police, said: "We are supporting the victim and working with her to make sure we have all the information about what happened.
"We are appealing to anyone who might have seen a man outside the Co-Op around 5pm and saw anything suspicious.
"We are in the very early stages of an investigation and would ask anyone with information or who saw anything that could help us, please speak to us."
Witnesses or anyone with information is asked to contact Sussex Police by emailing 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101 quoting serial 1033 of January 29.
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