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Child luring incident in East Vancouver

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 27 Mar, 2024 09:48 AM
  • Child luring incident in East Vancouver

Vancouver police say they're investigating a disturbing child luring incident in East Vancouver on Friday. 

Police say they're looking for a South Asian man between 20 and 30 years old who allegedly propositioned a 13-year-old boy not far from the 29th Avenue SkyTrain station around 8 in the evening of March 22nd. 

V-P-D spokeswoman Tania Visintin (VIZ'-in-teen) says the boy was walking home when approached by the man, and quickly found somewhere safe to report the incident. 

Police say the suspect is a South Asian male with a skinny build, short dark hair and a moustache, around five feet eight inches tall and was carrying a blue umbrella at the time he began following the boy.

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