Two women randomly assaulted on GO trains in Durham Region: police

Police are searching for the man in the photo in connection with assaults on the GO train. (Durham Regional Police)

Two women were randomly attacked on GO trains Monday night and police say they are searching for a suspect in the “unprovoked” assaults.

Durham Regional Police said officers were called at approximately 7:35 p.m. to Pickering GO station and learned that a 50-year-old woman on board an eastbound train was assaulted.

“The suspect struck the victim in the face multiple time and then exited the train,” police allege.

The victim was transported to the local hospital, where police said her injuries had been determined as serious.

Police said they were called to the same station two hours later for another assault.

They allege a 33-year-old woman was travelling on an eastbound train when she was assaulted by the same suspect.

“The victim was able to get to an adjacent cab where a group of citizens waited with the victim for police at Pickering Station,” police said. She was later taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Police said the assaults were unprovoked.

On Tuesday, investigators released photos of the suspect, asking for the public’s help in identifying him.

Police describe the suspect as Black, between the ages of 25 to 30 years old, with a medium build and short braided hair.

He was wearing a black and white Toronto Raptors sweater, black and grey pants and white and black shoes at the times of the alleged assaults, police said.

Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact them at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 3828 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.The Durham Regional Police are currently investigating two separate unprovoked assaults against two females that occurred within hours of one another. Police believe the same male is responsible for both assaults.