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Witnesses sought in second bus stop sexual assault

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This latest incident occurred Saturday when a woman reported to police she had been assaulted last Thursday night around at 1000 p.m. while at a bus stop in the 1700block of Douglas Street.

Victoria Police are looking for witnesses and a suspect in a second bus stop sexual assault.

Officers say it is too early to confirm that this incident is related to another assault that happened at a bus stop last Wednesday.

This latest incident occurred Saturday when a woman reported to police she had been assaulted last Thursday night around at 10:00 p.m. while at a bus stop in the 1700-block of Douglas Street.

She said an unknown man approached her at a bus stop and sat next to her.  The two began a conversation and then just prior to the bus arriving, the man sexually assaulted her.  She did not require any medical attention. 

The suspect is described as a Caucasian man, between twenty-five and thirty-five years of age standing approximately 6 feet tall. The suspect was wearing dark hoody pulled over his head exposing only his face. He has a big nose with a dark mole or mark on the right side of his face and had no facial hair.

A similar incident happened Wednesday morning in the 1400-block of Douglas when a young woman was approached by a man who sat next to her.  When she moved away he sexually assaulted her.  She reported the attack to a school counsellor and then to a parent. She was not physically injured.

If you have any information you are asked to call the Vic-PD non-emergency line at (250) 995-7654.

To report what you know anonymously, please call Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.