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GALVESTON, Texas - The Galveston Police Department is searching for a man accused of trying to abduct a 13-year-old girl on her way to school Monday morning.

Police say the girl was able to bite the man and run away.

Attempted abduction in Galveston

What we know:

Police were called to the middle school around 7 a.m. following a report that a student walking to school had been grabbed by an unidentified man.

According to police, the girl reported that she was walking to school from the East End when she heard footsteps behind her near the 900 block of 28th Street.

She told police that a man grabbed her from behind. Police say the girl bit the man twice, and she managed to get free, running to the school. The girl was not physically injured.

Police say they alerted local me

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