Richmond Mounties are looking into an incident involving the alleged grabbing of a 10-year-old girl near Whiteside elementary in the South Arm neighbourhood.

Shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 15, police responded to a field near the school to investigate a suspicious incident where the young student was allegedly grabbed on her arm by a male in his 40s or 50s.

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This male was allegedly photographing the area with his cell phone prior to this occurring.

The student was running a lap near the field directly south of the school, adjacent to South Arm Park.

As she was running towards the male, he allegedly grabbed her on the arm.

“Though the student advised our investigator that she did not feel threatened, the incident is considered unusual and the motive unclear,” said Cpl. Dennis Hwang.

“The police would very much like to locate this individual and speak with him.”

The male is described as Asian, 40-50 years-old, 5’7 to 5’10 in height, of medium build, having black hair and was clean shaven,

He was wearing brown pants and a black and blue sweater.

If anyone has any information on this incident, contact Const. Jason Pickering from the Richmond RCMP Youth Section at 604-278-1212.