A North Carolina woman says she was abducted by two men, punched in the face and dumped near a cemetery while walking along a road

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• A North Carolina woman says she was abducted by two men while walking along a road
• She told police she was punched in the eye, assaulted with a knife and later dumped near a cemetery
• Authorities said the woman suffered minor injuries and that the incident is believed to be isolated

A woman in North Carolina says she was walking along a road Saturday morning when she was abducted by two men, punched in the face and later left near a cemetery, the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office said.

The woman told authorities that one man pulled her into a van that was either black or blue and driven by another man. She said she was punched in the eye and assaulted with a knife before she was dumped near the cemetery, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

Deputies responded Saturday morning to the intersection of Oakdale Gin Road and Scott Currie Road, where they found the woman in the grass on the side of the road, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said. She was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

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The sheriff’s office said there is no immediate threat to the public and that “this is believed to be an isolated incident.”

Reached by phone Monday, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office told PEOPLE that no further details were available and that the investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 910-875-5111 or leave an anonymous tip at 910-878-1100.

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