Police have released an image of a suspect wanted in connection with two separate assaults with a weapon in downtown Toronto.
Toronto police say the first assault happened on Friday at around 7:30 a.m. in the Dundas Street East and Victoria Street area.
Police say the victim was standing outside when the suspect allegedly approached from behind and “slashed the victim in the face with an edged weapon unprovoked.”The second assault happened on Sunday at around 5:45 a.m., according to police. Police say the victim was asleep outside when the suspect allegedly approached and “slashed the victim in the face with an edged weapon unprovoked” before fleeing the area.
The two victims have since been treated in hospital for their injuries and released, according to police. “Both attacks are believed to be random and done by the same suspect,” police said in a press release.The suspect is described as male, 20 to 30 years-old, wearing a black baseball cap, black headphones, a black winter jacket, black pants and tanned construction boots.
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