Toronto police are asking the public for help after a 21-year-old woman was attacked and sexually assaulted Wednesday night.

Police said the woman was walking near Humber College Boulevard and John Garland Boulevard when she was approached by a male at about 8:15 p.m.

The suspect attacked and sexually assaulted the woman on the street before fleeing eastbound on John Garland Boulevard, police said in a news release Thursday.

The woman did not require any medical attention.

Investigators are still looking for the male, who is described as 17 to 19 years old and five-foot-six with a slim build and brown skin.

He was wearing a dark grey hooded sweatshirt with black patterned graphics, black jeans and white basketball shoes.

Anyone with information is asked to call the sex crimes unit at 416−808−7474 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416−222−TIPS (8477).

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