Toronto police are alerting the public after a woman was sexually assaulted by a stranger in Malvern.

Police said the sexual assault occurred when the woman was approached by an unknown man near McLevin Avenue and Neilson Road on Tuesday.

The man made an indecent request that the woman refused. She told police she was then sexually assaulted before he walked away. No one has been arrested.

Police said the suspect is 20 to 25 years old and five-foot-eight to six feet tall with a medium build, brown complexion and black hair in a brush cut.

He was clean shaven and he was last seen wearing a black knit sweater with black sleeves and a multi-coloured pattern, and blue jeans.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-4200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

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