Police investigating sexual assault of woman, 11, in southeast Edmonton

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Edmonton police are investigating the “stranger sexual assault” of an 11-year-old woman within the metropolis’s southeast final Tuesday.

In a Friday launch, police stated on Sept. 19, the woman was strolling house together with her bicycle within the space of 43 Avenue and 33 Road, “when she was pulled right into a van by a male suspect and sexually assaulted.”

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“The suspect male then pushed the woman out of the automobile after the assault, earlier than fleeing the scene southbound on 34 Road previous a 7-11 comfort retailer,” the discharge learn.

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Police stated the suspect is a person between the ages of 25 and 35 years outdated with a brown or tanned complexion, about 5-foot-9 or 5-foot-10, with darkish, prickly hair. He had “soul patch” facial hair and was carrying a black shirt, darkish gray pants and white sneakers.

The van is described as white, with rear “barn-style” doorways, tinted home windows and police stated it “could have been parked on the north curb of 43 Avenue by the neighborhood lake.”

Police are asking residents within the Fountain Lake/Larkspur space to examine house or enterprise video cameras for any photographs of the van within the space between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

Police additionally ask anybody with any details about this assault to name them at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a cell phone. Nameless suggestions might be given to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or on-line at www.p3tips.com/250.