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Police looking for suspect after boy sexually assaulted at Toronto beach

The Toronto Police Services emblem is photographed during a press conference at TPS headquarters, in Toronto on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov) The Toronto Police Services emblem is photographed during a press conference at TPS headquarters, in Toronto on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov)
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Toronto police are looking for a suspect after a boy was allegedly sexually assaulted at Toronto Islands on Saturday afternoon.

Officers were called around 5:30 p.m. to the Hanlan’s Point Beach, where police say a man approached a boy and allegedly sexually assaulted him.

The suspect is between 35 and 40 years old, five-foot-nine with a buzz cut, and unshaven.

Police say the man was last seen wearing khaki shorts, sandals with multiple straps and dark sunglasses with a thin frame. They add that he was not wearing a shirt.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 416-808-7474 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

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