VICTORIA (NEWS1130) -  A 24-year-old Saanich woman is recovering after a violent assault and mugging in Victoria last night.

Police say a man approached the woman at a city intersection and hit her three times with a long pipe or club — including once on the head.

After the woman was knocked to the ground, the suspect grabbed her purse.

Police are still looking him.

The woman was taken to hospital and received stitches to her head.