SDLP Foyle MLA Sinead McLaughlin
She was speaking after another incident on Saturday in the Top of the Hill area.
It follows a similar incident 24 hours earlier in Drumahoe which left a woman ‘traumatised’
Said the Foyle MLA: “There is huge concern in our city following a number of recent attacks on women.
“I am seeing details of self-defence classes being shared online and women and their families having real fear about them heading out on their own.
“Mothers are having to caution their daughters to take care when out and about and this should not be happening.
“Every woman lives with the fear that something like this could happen to them, whether on a night our or simply going about their life.
“This has been an accepted fact and tolerated within our society for far too long, we have a serious issue here and we have to get to grips with it.
“I will be raising this directly on the floor of the Assembly this morning.
“My heart goes out to everyone impacted by the events of the last week in our city, the victims are uppermost in our thoughts, but behind closed doors there will be many women who have had similar experiences and this will have brought it all back.”
