Intercourse employees warned after lady sexually assaulted in Surrey park

The Surrey RCMP is warning the general public, and intercourse employees specifically, after a girl was attacked in Newton on Tuesday.

Mounties mentioned it occurred shortly earlier than 7 p.m. in Kwantlen Park close to 132 Road and 104 Avenue.

Police mentioned the girl had met the suspect a few block away and walked with him to the park, the place he produced a weapon and sexually assaulted her.

The girl was taken to hospital with non-life threatening accidents.

Police consider the assault was linked to street-level intercourse work, and mentioned the RCMP instantly took steps to warn different intercourse employees within the space.

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“The Surrey RCMP (particular victims’ unit) works intently with and in assist of the Surrey Girls’s Centre’s SMART Van initiative, who had been proactive in distributing this message out, and Surrey RCMP can be growing police patrols to areas frequented by native intercourse employees,” mentioned Sgt. Elenore Sturko in a media launch.

“The choice to reveal that the sufferer is a intercourse employee is being supplied to make sure that individuals on this susceptible group particularly can pay attention to this incident.”

Police consider there could have been witnesses to the assault, and are asking for anybody with info to come back ahead.

The suspect is described as light-skinned with darkish hair in a “fade-style” hair lower. He appeared about 26 years previous with a slim construct and was carrying darkish clothes.