6 women groped in similar sex assaults: Winnipeg police

Winnipeg police are investigating similar reports of women being groped from behind by a unknown man.

The Winnipeg Police Service says six women reported the sexual assaults, which took place between Sept. 25-28.

Police say the suspect groped the women before running away.

Investigators are working to get a surveillance image of the suspect, who is described as between five-foot-four to five-foot-eight with a thin build. He wears a hoodie and possibly has eyeglasses.

The WPS says the incidents happened in the first 100 block of Balmoral Street; on Main Street and Assiniboine Avenue; on Ellice Avenue and Hargrave Street; in the first 100 block of Edmonton Street; and on Granite Way and Osborne Street.

Anyone with information is asked to contact 204-986-6245 or anonymously at Crime Stoppers 204-786-TIPS.