Police have released a security camera image of a suspect wanted in connection with a sexual assault on a TTC bus last week.

According to police, it happened on a bus heading northbound on Dufferin Street near Bloor Street West at around 5:25 p.m. Wednesday.

A woman, police say, was seated near the back of the bus when a man sat down beside her.

Investigators say a man placed his coat over his lap and then sexually assaulted the female passenger.

The woman, police say, confronted the man before he quickly exited the bus and fled the scene.

He has been described as between 55 and 65 years old and is approximately six-feet tall with an average build. Police say the man had reddish/ blond thinning hair. He was seen wearing glasses, a blue dress shirt, blue jeans and was carrying a navy blue blazer of his left arm.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call 416-808-1400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).