Three women sought for violent assault near downtown nightclub

Three women are sought for allegedly assaulting two females leaving a downtown Toronto nightclub last month.

And investigators have released suspect images hoping the public can help identify the trio.

In a news release Wednesday, Toronto Police said the wanted women were in a vehicle when they attacked the victims in the area of King St. W. and Portland St. – east of Bathurst St. – around 2:45 a.m. on Nov. 23.

The two female victims were walking in the area after leaving a nightclub when they “became involved in a verbal dispute” with three females who were in a vehicle stopped on King St W., police said.

The three females allegedly assaulted the victims and “pulled them partially into the vehicle.”

“The driver of the vehicle then accelerated northbound onto Portland St., dragging th