6 women sexually assaulted in Winnipeg last week, police say

The Winnipeg Police Service's sex crimes unit has received multiple reports of a man sexually assaulting women last week.

From Wednesday to Saturday, six women reported being groped from behindby astranger who then ran away, police said in a news release on Tuesday.

The first two assaults happened on Wednesday around 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., police said. The first happened on Balmoral Street south of Broadway and the second near the intersection of Main Street and Assiniboine Avenue.

The other assaults happened at 9:50 p.m. Thursday near Ellice Avenue and Hargrave Street, 7 p.m. Friday on Edmonton Street south of Portage Avenue and 10:30 p.m.Saturday nearGranite Way and Osborne Street.

Detectives are looking for a clear surveillance image of the man.

He is described as light skinned, between five feet, four inches, and five feet,eight inches tall and possibly wearing glasses.

Police ask anyone with information or who has surveillance video in these areas to contact the sex crimes unit at 204-986-6245 or to anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS or winnipegcrimestoppers.org.

Survivors of sexual assault can contact Winnipeg police victim services at 204-986-6350 and the Klinic sexual assault crisis line at 204-786-8631.