A baby being pushed in a stroller by her mother has been indecently assaulted by an elderly man in suburban Sydney.
Police say the nine-month-old girl was in a pram with her older brother being taken for a walk along Gungah Bay Road at Oatley in Sydney's south when the incident happened about 1.30pm (AEST) yesterday.
"An older man approached the woman and engaged her in conversation before attempting to unbuckle the baby from her pram," police said in a statement.
"The child's mother told the man to stop but he continued unsuccessfully trying to undue the restraints.
"The man then touched the child."
The child was touched "indecently", a police spokeswoman said.
The woman returned home with her children before contacting police.
Detectives have seized several items for forensic examination and are now seeking the man who is described as 65 to 70, about 183cm tall, slender and of white/European appearance. He had short white hair and stubble.
At the time of the incident the man wore a white baseball cap with the words 'black ice' on it, and a short-sleeved polo shirt with a white, green and black pattern on the collar tucked into a pair of white shorts.