U of M to increase security after suspect breaks into dorm room, assaults student

The University of Manitoba says it is expanding information astatine its pupil lodging analyzable aft an battle that took spot successful the aboriginal hours of Friday morning.

Police accidental an intruder entered a country astatine the analyzable connected Dafoe Road astatine astir 4:45 a.m., and physically assaulted a woman. The unfortunate managed to combat disconnected the fishy and called for help. She was treated for injuries and is successful unchangeable condition.

The fishy was capable to flight and constabulary are present looking for them.

Constable Dani McKinnon says this was a random occurrence, and constabulary are treating it with large concern.

“If you’re successful those residences, delight fastener your doors, marque definite you person your compartment telephone with you, beryllium alert of your surroundings, particularly successful the acheronian hours,” McKinnon said.

She says the fishy is perchance an unhoused idiosyncratic and is described arsenic five-foot-ten to six feet successful tallness with unkempt facial hairsbreadth and agelong unkempt hair.  They were wearing a achromatic toque and a achromatic overgarment with a grey hooded sweater underneath, arsenic good arsenic perchance bluish jeans, achromatic shoes and a achromatic and bluish backpack.

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Anyone with accusation is asked to interaction the Sex Crimes Unit astatine 204-986-6245 oregon Crime Stoppers astatine 204-786-TIPS.

University of Manitoba VP of Administration Naomi Andrew says the schoolhouse is responding to the incident.

“We person accrued the beingness of our institutionalized information officers instantly including the entrances of the residences and lobbies,” said Andrew. “So that is contiguous and we truly anticipation to guarantee our assemblage during these truly hard times.”