A violent sexual assault and robbery near Square One Shopping Centre in Mississauga has police hunting an armed man.

The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday (Dec. 29) when a 34-year-old man was walking in the area of Kariya Park, located near Burnhamthorpe Road West and Kariya Drive in Mississauga — when he was approached by another man, who produced a weapon, robbed the victim of his personal belongings and then “forced him into a secluded area where he was sexually assaulted,” Peel police said in a news release.

The suspect fled in an unknown direction; the man was treated for his injuries.

The suspect is described as a man, about five-foot-seven and was wearing a balaclava-style ski mask and a dark jacket.