Police are alerting Etobicoke women who are seniors of a violent thief who brutally pushes females to the ground and steal their purses.

Three women are lucky not to suffer major injuries after being forcibly pushed to the ground by a vicious thief who stole their purses in the Kipling and Eglinton Avenues area.

Police said a fourth person, a man, was also threatened in what appeared to be an attempted car jacking.

Const. David Hopkinson said the three separate incidents occurred within 10 minutes of each other, between 12:35 p.m. and 12:45 p.m., on November 20, in the Kipling and Eglinton area.

The coward picked on victims who were seniors, police said.

The suspect fled the scene in a white Nissan Rogue. No suspect description has been released.

“We have a man that’s targeted what appears to be women in their 60s or 70s,” Hopkinson said. “They’ve been pushed violently to the ground, they’ve been robbed of their personal belongings, their purses and he’s fled in the same car.”

Police believe the suspect may live or have connections to people in the area.

“He was foiled and he fled in the vehicle that he came in, but very disturbing because this all happened in a very short, very small area up near Kipling and Eglinton.”

Hopkinson said that while the victims have not sustained any significant injuries, the attacks were “fairly violent.” Police are releasing as many details as possible early in the investigation in case the robberies continue.

Anyone with information or who witnesses a robbery should call police as soon as possible. You can call 22 Division at 416-808-2200.