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Tourist raped in Midtown: cops

A foreign tourist was raped in Midtown over the weekend after getting out of a cab and being dragged into an alley, law-enforcement sources said tonight.

Cops released a sketch of her alleged attacker, who they described as a middle-aged man, about 6’2’’ and 190 pounds and wearing dark clothing.

The 20-year-old Australian victim was intoxicated and had just left the Lavo club on East 58th Street between Park and Madison avenues around 3:35 a.m. Sunday when she first got into a cab, sources said. She started arguing with the driver and quickly got out, the sources said.

She was then grabbed from behind on the street and dragged into a nearby alley, where she was sexually assaulted, sources said.

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