A teenage boy has been sexually assaulted by a “dark-skinned” man while walking along a highway in the aboriginal crime-ravaged city of Cairns in Far North Queensland.
Detectives from the Cairns Child Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU) are appealing for public assistance, and said the boy was approached and attacked by an unknown man on the Captain Cook Highway in Smithfield at about 6.30pm on Tuesday.
The attacker fled on foot after the sexual assault.
“The male is described as having a dark complexion, black hair with a fade cut, and was wearing a black t-shirt with graffiti-style writing on it, black shorts and slides,” police said.
“Police are appealing for anyone who saw the male or has relevant CCTV and dashcam from the Captain Cook Highway between Reed Road and McGregor Road between 5.10pm and 5.50pm.”
Header image: The McGregor Road roundabout on the Captain Cook Highway in Smithfield (Department of Transport and Main Roads).
