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According to the e-mail, two students were robbed at knifepoint by two suspects at the intersection early on Sunday, and the injured student was treated and is recovering from his injuries. The e-mail also said that both suspects were arrested by Cambridge Police soon after the attack...
...male undergraduate was robbed at knifepoint on Divinity Avenue on Wednesday night, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) said in a community advisory yesterday. The student victim was not identified. According to the police, a man approached the undergraduate from behind on a footpath near the Semitic Museum, displayed a knife, and demanded his money. The student gave his attacker the money and was not injured, the police said. The incident occurred around the same time as three other robberies in Cambridge and Somerville, the advisory, which was sent to the Harvard community, said. “Harvard University Police...
...where he was with a French friend. In the car were two local men. According to Alexandre, he was placed in the middle backseat, while the men drove the teenagers beyond the neon-soaked skyline and into the desert, where the three local men took turns raping him at knifepoint in the dark. His French friend was ordered to wait outside the car, and has told police he was not attacked. When the men finally deposited the distraught boys back in the city, they threatened to attack Alexandre's family if he dared report them to the police...
...Crime: A sleeping, pregnant woman was attacked and assaulted at knifepoint in her bed in 1985 in Texas. The victim gave police a detailed description of her attacker, including clothing, facial features, age and height. She said he was a white man whose skin was "a honey brown color." Four months later, the victim saw Byrd, who is black, at a grocery store and said he was the man who had raped her. Based on this identification, Byrd was convicted of rape and sentenced to life in prison...
This incident marks the second attempted armed robbery in the area this month. On March 2, a Kennedy School of Government student was threatened at knifepoint while walking on Memorial Drive near Plympton...