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Police seek to identify suspect after woman assaulted on Toronto walking trail

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Police seek to identify suspect after woman assaulted on walking trail in Toronto
WATCH: Police seek to identify suspect after woman assaulted on walking trail in Toronto – Jul 20, 2022

Police are seeking to identify a suspect after a woman was assaulted in Toronto.

Toronto police said on July 9, officers received a report of an assault on the Martin Goodman Trail in the Lake Shore Boulevard West and Ontario Place Boulevard area.

Police said a 21-year-old woman was walking westbound on the trail when a man riding a bicycle approached her.

Officers said the man allegedly used his left shoulder to strike the victim in the face, causing her to fall to the ground.

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Police said the suspect then fled eastbound on the trail.

According to police, the woman was taken to hospital with “very serious, non-life-threatening injuries.”

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Officers are now searching for a man between 40 and 50-years-old, standing around five-feet-10-inches tall.

Officers said he has grey unshaven stubble and a round face.

He was seen wearing a florescent yellow shirt, shorts and was riding a road bike with gears.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.

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