Winnipeg police are investigating after a 12-year-old girl was seriously sexually assaulted by a man she met at a downtown bus stop Monday afternoon.
Police say the girl had been waiting in a bus shelter at the corner of Portage Avenue and Main Street around 3:30 p.m. when an adult man struck up a conversation.
The man convinced the girl to walk with him, police said in a release Wednesday.
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They say the suspect took the girl to a building stairwell off Lombard Avenue and Rorie Street, where she was seriously sexually assaulted.
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The victim left the area and reported the incident to police.
The suspect has shaggy hair and was wearing dirty, unkempt clothing, according to a description provided by police.
He was wearing a black jacket and carrying a backpack, investigators say.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 204-986-3296 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).
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