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Man charged after two sexual assaults

London police say a man faces charges after two young girls were sexually assaulted at an east end shopping centre.

According to police, officers were called to the shopping centre on Highbury Avenue and Huron Street just after 6 p.m. on Friday, May 13 after a young girl was sexually assaulted. Investigators determined that a second young girl had also been sexually assaulted in the same shopping centre.

The man tried to run from the scene but was stopped by a citizen who then called police.

A 32-year-old man is charged with two counts of sexual assault.

Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in online anonymously to London Elgin Middlesex Crime Stoppers.

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