The Mission RCMP says two teen girls were attacked by a masked man in a local park Friday night.

Just after 9 p.m. on June 6, police were called to Centennial Park near the intersection of Taulbut Street and 11th Avenue. Police say a 15- and 16-year-old girl were approached by an unknown man who kicked one of them off her E-scooter, causing her to fall to the ground, and pushing the other girl to the ground.

“The man attempted to take the girl’s scooter, but left it and instead stole an iPhone from one of the girls, which had fallen onto the ground,” Mounties said.

“It was still daylight at the time and there were numerous other people in the park and outside in the area.”

A neighbour ran up to intervene in the attack, but the man ran off toward 14th Avenue.

Police say the two girls h

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