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9-year-old approached by stranger while walking to school

Connolly St / Edgewood Ave in Halifax. Dave Squires/Global News

Halifax Regional Police are searching for a suspicious male who approached a 9-year-old girl while walking to school in the west end of the city Wednesday morning.

Police say a male stopped his car on the side of the road in the area of Connolly Street and Edgewood Avenue at about 8 a.m. The man then asked the girl to get inside.

The girl ran inside her school and the man did not follow her.

The man is described as having a slim build with red or orange cropped hair and freckles on his face. He was wearing a black baseball hat and black jacket at the time of the incident and was driving an older metallic blue vehicle with shiny hubcaps.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 902-490-5016 or www.crimestoppers.ns.ca.

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