Police search for two sexual assault suspects

By elizabethzogalis

Posted Jan 22, 2016 03:59:35 PM.

Last Updated Jan 22, 2016 04:05:23 PM.

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OTTAWA – Police are looking for a pair of suspects in a sexual assault of a 16-year old girl in the city’s west end.

Investigators report the girl was walking in the area of Draper Ave. and Lisa Ave. around 8 p.m. on Thursday January 21 when two men grabbed her from behind and pushed her to the ground.

After the assault the girl’s attackers fled on foot eastbound towards Greenbank Rd.

The suspects are descirbed as:

Black
6’0
Between 17 and 20 years old
Lean builds

Both were dressed all in black with hooded sweaters. One of the suspects was wearing thin red gloves.

Anyone with information should call Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5944

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