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	The Dominion Post April 16 2007 Girl raped as parents thought her safe Girl raped at Hastings primary school by Emily Watt The parents of a 12-year-old girl thought she was safely tucked up in bed. Instead she was being raped as she walked through the grounds of a Hastings primary school after a dance competition, police say. The girl had been taught about keeping safe, but her parents believed she was at a relative's house and did not know she was out on Saturday night. She had been to watch a dance competition in central Hastings and got separated from her teenage friends while walking to her relative's house about 10.30pm. The girl told police she was raped as she walked through the grounds of Ebbett Park Primary School. She had attended a display of krumping, a high-energy dance style to loud music, which has gained popularity among Hastings teens. Groups gather to watch each other compete. The girl said she was attacked by a young Maori man, probably a teenager, wearing a white "krumping" shirt with a blue and black paint design and jeans. He had shaggy hair with a shoulder-length "rat's tail". The attack happened between 11pm and 2am. Constable Lisa Tod said the girl managed to run away and some youths found her in a distressed state and called police. The girl was injured in the attack and had received medical attention. She was traumatised and was recovering with her family, Ms Tod said. Police were concerned that children and young teenagers in town for the dance competitions were usually unsupervised by adults.