Police are seeking six male suspects in one of the worst sex crimes in recent memory. On January 3, just after 9:30 pm, a woman walking around the Ryerson campus area at Yonge and Gerrard was forced into a black minivan. Taken to a home near Yonge and Eglinton, she was sexually assaulted for several hours before managing to escape and contact the police.
The Ryerson Student Union and local residents have complained that the police did little to notify them of the incident. “They would normally issue a warning for this,” Caitlin Smith, Ryerson Student Union president told the Toronto Star. “When anything like that happens it’s good for the community to know so that we can be aware of what’s happening on our campus.”
Police have since released two community bulletins urging residents to be cautious.
With files from the Toronto Star.
