The male suspect searched in northern London, Ontario. Cyclist assault: police

London police are seeking public help to identify a male suspect sought in connection with an assault investigation at the northern end of the city involving cyclists on Thursday. It states. The

incident occurred around 4:30 pm in the areas ofAdelaide Street NorthandKip Slane. When they say that a cyclist approaches from an unknown man, is beaten, and is slightly injured.

The suspect is described as a medium to heavy man between the ages of 35 and 45, wearing a black baseball cap and a naval shirt.

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Peter Riley, who lives in London, was a cyclist.

The day after the incident, talking to Global News, when Riley came across a car in an alley in a residential complex just south of Kip Slane, he went home from work north along Adelaide Street. Said he was back.

According to Riley, the vehicle is waiting to turn, with access to the bike path starting in the lane and continuing north. Was blocking. He's heading for Kipps and he's running next to the sidewalk. He says the road is often blocked by vehicles trying to get out of the complex.

"I actually had to get off in the middle of Adelaide and bike around him to get over him," Riley said.

"So I shouted to him," You are blocking the bicycle lane. " … Nothing offensive, and certainly no disrespect. He yelled back at predictable obsceneness and stuff like that.

Heading north on the bike road, Riley says he was stopped at a red light at Kipps. There he says he saw the same driver turning the corner towards Kipps and almost attacking a pedestrian crossing Adelaide.

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"I'm still waiting At the red light, he stops at the end of the road and (and) goes out. I decide. "Oh, you should take a picture of this. This doesn't seem to be a good situation," Riley said. Said.

"He approached me and shouted the typical obsceneness, then he just hit me on his face. I was knocked off my bike and he just barked back in the car."

Stunned Riley says she picked up her bicycle and glasses and approached the woman who witnessed the quarrel.

Riley quarreled with his black eyes swollen and his glasses broke. "Now it's a nice shade of purple and blue, and all the other colors you expect," he said in his eyes.

Fortunately, he didn't need a trip to a hospital or emergency medical clinic, he said.

Riley's injured photoposted by his wife Dawn on Twittershows how many members of the community support and anger. About what happened that brought the reply.

On Friday, police released a photo of a male suspect being searched for in connection with the incident. Riley, who took the picture, provided Global News with a high quality, untrimmed version of the image.

Twenty years after commuting by bicycle, Riley says this is the first time she has had such a fierce quarrel with a driver.

"I'm not saying the driver has never yelled at me, but it's never been more violent," he said.

"I'm not going to give up on the bike. It's very important to me and my mental health, and it certainly helps a lot in that respect as well as the price of gas. I don't want anyone to hear this and say, "Oh no, cycling is too dangerous." No, it's not. So this is a strange exception to 20 years of biking.

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Riley added that he was in contact with the city about the alleys of his apartment, and the municipality was cycling to make his bike safer. He states that the infrastructure needs to continue to improve.

"The only thing that keeps cycling in the city is to get more people out on the road and make everyone feel at ease," he said.

"I think this city has done a great job building a new infrastructure, but it continues to grow. There is plenty of room. "

If you have any information, please contact the police or the crime stopper.

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