Police are on the hunt for a man who lured away two children from a Perth day care in broad daylight to sexually assault them on Tuesday.
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A four-year-old girl and a five-year-old boy were captured on CCTV footage walking with a middle-aged man away from the holiday care program in North Perth they were attending in a community hall.
According to police, he took them to a nearby location and sexually assaulted them, then left them there in Hyde Park.
A passerby found them at the park at 12.15pm and alerted the police.
The workers at the holiday centre didn’t realise they’d gone missing.
The man is described as being in his late 40s to late 50s with pale skin and short greying hair. He was wearing an oversized black jacket, black trousers and a business shirt at the time of the crime.
An artist impression of the criminal
Police commander Kylie Whitely said it was “every parent’s worst nightmare”.
“He lured and enticed them out of the centre,” she said. “It’s a delicate situation … a very serious incident.”
It is unknown what the man said or used to entice the children to leave with him.
Police would like to speak to anyone who was in the vicinity of View Street and Fitzgerald Street near the North Perth shopping precinct and Hyde Park between 11am and 1pm and who saw a man with a young boy and girl.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report online here.
Watch the chilling CCTV footage of the man with the children below:
