B.C. police say two brothers, 6 and 9, assaulted in airport bathroom

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Police in Abbotsford, B.C., are looking for a teen suspect and a man believed to be his caregiver after two young boys were assaulted in an airport bathroom.

A news release says the brothers entered a washroom in the Abbotsford Airport terminal building on Wednesday afternoon when they were assaulted by a teen boy approached them.

Police say the suspect, believed to be between 13 and 16, touched one of the boys’ genitals and then bit the other in the stomach.

The teen was believed to be accompanied by an older man in his 50s.

Police say witnesses believed the teen suspect may have had special needs and the older man was either his guardian or caregiver.

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