Winnipeg police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect after a pre-teen girl was sexually assaulted in the North End early Saturday morning.
Police received a report of the assault in the vicinity of Manitoba Avenue and Salter Street at around 3 a.m.
Police say the girl was walking in the 400 block of Manitoba Avenue when a male suspect pulled up in a vehicle and lured her inside with the promise of drugs and alcohol.
The suspect then drove her to a nearby alley, where he threatened her at knifepoint and sexually assaulted her.
Following the assault, the girl fled to a family member’s nearby residence, where police were contacted.
The suspect is described as South Asian in appearance, between 30 and 40 years of age, with short dark hair and a moustache. He was driving a four-door brown sedan at the time of the incident.
Anyone with information or surveillance video from the area is asked to contact police at (204) 986-3296 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at (204) 786-TIPS.
