TORONTO

A senior is recovering after she was viciously head-butted by a stranger while shopping at the Eaton Centre over the weekend.

Toronto Police say the 68-year-old woman was just strolling through the mall, located at Yonge and Dundas Sts., when a man assaulted her without provocation on Saturday.

“He just looked at her, head-butted her and knocked her down with a chest bump, then just kept on walking,” Det. Paul Ward said Tuesday. “It was totally uncalled for.”

The unidentified assailant was last seen walking towards the Dundas TTC subway exit.

The victim was taken to St. Michael’s Hospital, where she was treated for a head injury and broken wrist, which she suffered while trying to break her fall. The brutal incident was captured on video by mall security cameras.

“It was just horrible,” Ward said.

He said the senior, whose arm is now in a cast, remains “in a lot of pain” as police hunt for the man who attacked her.

Investigators have released security camera images of a suspect hoping someone will recognize him and come forward.

“Hopefully the public can steer us in the right direction so we can arrest this guy,” Ward said.

The man is described as age 25-35, about 5-foot-7, with a thin build, short dark hair and clean-shaven. He was wearing a Denver Nuggets jersey, blue jeans and white runners.

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