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Toronto police search for suspect accused of sexually assaulting 6-year-old child at park

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Police say the man in the photo is wanted for the sexual assault of a child. (Toronto Police Service)

Toronto police have released images of a suspect accused of sexually assaulting a six-year-old child at a downtown park.

Police said they got a call on Tuesday afternoon to Roundhouse Park in the area of Bremner Boulevard and Lower Simcoe Street.

The child was playing on the trains in the park when the suspect walked up to them and allegedly sexually assaulted them.

Police said the parent confronted the suspect, prompting him to flee the area.

In a news release on Wednesday, police described the suspect as being 55 to 60 years old, five-feet-six inches tall with an average build, with a receding hairline with a bald crown, black and grey hair, and clean-shaven.

He was wearing prescription glasses with a silver metal frame.