Woman choked and sexually assaulted downtown

REGINA – Police are looking for a man in his 20s after a violent sexual assault early Saturday morning.

Shortly after 1:00 a.m., police were called to a hospital to attend to a 28-year-old woman who was attacked while walking home.

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She was in an alley behind Hotel Saskatchewan, near Cornwall Street and Victoria Avenue, when a man approached her on his mountain bike.

Police report that the suspect attacked her, choked her until she fell unconscious, then sexually assaulted her.

The suspect is described as an Aboriginal man in his early 20s with a thin build. He’s around 5’11 and was wearing a light blue shirt and blue jeans at the time of the incident.

Anyone who has information about this event is asked to contact the Regina Police Service at 777-6500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.