Two women were randomly attacked on GO trains Monday night and police say they are searching for a suspect in the 'unprovoked' assaults.
A Durham Regional Police officer's logo emblem is shown in Bowmanville, Ont., Tuesday Feb. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
Two women were randomly attacked on GO trains Monday night and police say they are searching for a suspect in the “unprovoked” assaults. In an email to CTV News Toronto, Durham Regional Police said officers were called at approximately 7:35 p.m. after a 50-year-old woman was assaulted as she exited the train in Pickering.
In the second incident, a 33-year-old woman was attacked at approximately 9:20 p.m. as another train approached Oshawa.Police said the assaults were unprovoked and investigators believe the same male suspect was involved in both incidents. The suspect is described by police 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.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.
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