Whitehorse RCMP are looking for two white men driving a beige minivan with tinted windows as part of a sexual assault investigation.

At around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, police say, they received a report of a sexual assault that had occurred earlier that evening.

“The victim reported she was forced into a beige-coloured van, possibly in downtown Whitehorse, around 8 p.m., and subsequently sexually assaulted by two unknown men,” reads a press release issued Thursday afternoon.

Police wouldn’t say whether the investigation includes allegations of rape.

They describe the suspects as being Caucasian, one with blond hair, the other with dark-coloured hair.

“We’re still in the preliminary stages of this investigation,” Insp. Archie Thompson said Thursday.

“We encourage anyone with any information to please come forward.”

A precise location of the incident has not been released.

Women who need support can contact the women’s advocate at the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre at 667-2693, the Yukon Women’s Transition Home 24-hour crisis line at 668-5733 or territorial victim services officials at 667-8500.

In their press release, police included a statement attributed to the Yukon Women’s Transition Home Society, the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre, Les EssentiElles and the Public Service Alliance of Canada Regional Women’s Committee and Aboriginal People’s Committee.

“Friends, family members and other resource people can support any woman who reports a sexualized assault by reminding them of their strength, honouring their resistance and respecting their wishes,” the statement read.

“Perpetrators of sexualized assault often assault more than once.

“We encourage the assailants to come forward and encourage all members of the public to help keep our community safe by reporting any information they have to RCMP.”

Anybody with information can contact the RCMP at 667-5555.