Vancouver Police are looking for the suspect in an early morning sexual assault in downtown Vancouver.

Sergeant Randy Fincham say the man involved in the attack,just before three,  likely ended up with scratches on his face and nose.

"The woman was waiting at a bus stop  in the 600 block of Smithe and that's when this man came up and grabbed her and ended up sexually assualting her in the 900 block of Granville Street, so that's a lane that's jsut a short ways away from where this bus stop was"

Fincham says fortunately two people near by heard her screams and managed to scare off her attacker who ran north on Granville.

He's described as  white,  25 - 30 year old, about 5-10 with a medium build and wearing dark clothes at the time.

If you have any information call Vancouver Police.