Police hunt cigarette attacker

A MAN who put a lit cigarette in the eye of a toddler remains on the run from New South Wales police. The man approached a 51-year-old woman who was with two children and began a brief conversation on Marrickville Road in Dulwich Hill in Sydney's inner west at about 11.30am last Friday, police said today. He then removed a cigarette from his mouth, putting it in the eye of an 18-month-old boy before running away. The child was treated at the Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick and is not expected to have any long-term damage to his sight. Detective Inspector Jodi Radmore said while the man remains at large, police do not believe he is a risk of attacking again. "Our investigations have revealed this was an isolated incident, and there is no suggestion that there will be similar assaults on other young children," Insp Radmore said. The man is described as being white, 40 to 50 years of age, 175cm tall, with a thin build and blonde shoulder-length hair and sandy coloured facial hair. He walks with a limp and has a blue marking, possibly a tattoo, on his left wrist. Anyone with information is urged to contact authorities.

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