Toronto/CMEDIA: A public safety alert has been issued by the Toronto police after a woman was dragged into a wooded area in High Park and sexually assaulted on Wednesday night.
Around 10:40 p.m, Police were called to the east side of the park near Howard Park Avenue and Parkside Drive.
A female was reportedly walking on a paved pathway in the park when she was approached by an unknown male suspect from behind who dragged her into a wooded area and sexually assaulted her before fleeing.
The victim, a female adult who sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the attack, was able to get away from the suspect and seek help from a passerby who called the police, investigators say.
Described as a Black male with a dark complexion, the suspect who is about five-foot-ten and 30 to 40 years old with a slim, athletic build was last seen wearing a T-shirt and dark-coloured pants.
This investigation is ongoing and anyone with further information is asked to contact Toronto police or Crime Stoppers anonymously.
