Vancouver police consider an assault on a 19-year-old girl strolling downtown Tuesday morning might have been racially motivated.

At 9:50 a.m., police mentioned the Asian girl was strolling close to Dunsmuir and Cambie streets when a person she didn’t know hit her over the again of the top with a pole. The suspect used a racial slur, then fled the realm as he continued making offensive feedback, police added.

The girl was injured and required medical consideration, nevertheless, the accidents aren’t life-threatening, based on police.

“Though there have been different individuals strolling within the block on the time of (the) assault, they couldn’t have prevented the assault as a result of it was so sudden,” Const. Jason Doucette mentioned in a launch. “Witnesses known as 911, supplied details about the suspect, and stayed with the sufferer till first responders arrived.”

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The suspect has not been positioned, police mentioned.

“We’re releasing a photograph of the suspect that was taken simply after the assault,” Doucette added. “With public security our high precedence, we have to get this man recognized and arrested.”

The girl was injured and required medical consideration, nevertheless, the accidents aren’t life-threatening, based on police.

Anybody that acknowledges the suspect, or had details about the assault, is requested to name investigators at 604-717-2541.