Sex crimes unit investigating after woman harassed at knifepoint in the Maples, Winnipeg police say
Police are warning the public after a woman was sexually harassed at knifepoint by a man in Winnipeg’s Maples neighbourhood on Friday night.
Man in his 20s was wearing dark clothes, black surgical mask, has dark hair
Police are warning the public after a woman was sexually harassed at knifepoint by a man in Winnipeg’s Maples neighbourhood on Friday night.
Officers were called to respond to the incident at about 10 p.m., after the woman in her 20s was approached by a man she didn’t know while walking near Mandalay Drive and Rolmount Road, police said in a news release on Tuesday.
The man asked the woman for directions, and during their conversation, he pointed a knife at her and said sexually explicit things.
She pushed the man away to escape, and sustained a minor injury from the knife.
The adult man has dark hair and was wearing dark clothing and a black surgical mask.
Anyone with information, including any home surveillance in this area, is asked to call the sex crimes unit at 204-986-6245.
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