Winnipeg police investigate child sexual abuse

Winnipeg police are investigating after an elementary school-aged child was sexually assaulted on a playground over the weekend.

According to police, the incident occurred on June 1 at around 5:15 p.m. on a school playground in the 400 block of Flora Avenue.

The victim and another child were at the playground when an unknown man approached them and allegedly began making sexually explicit comments to them. Police said he then grabbed one of the children and “touched him in a sexual manner.”

The victim was able to free himself and the two children ran home and told an adult, who then called the police. The children did not require medical attention.

Police said the suspect is a black man in his twenties with dreadlocks. A photo was not available.

The school has been notified and will send information home to parents.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call police.