In the third similar case in the city in four days, Toronto police are investigating after a man allegedly dumped a bucket of human waste on a woman near the University of Toronto’s downtown campus Monday night. Police responded to the call shortly before midnight. In a news release, they say a woman was walking in the area of College Street and University Avenue when a man walked up to her and poured the contents of bucket containing “liquefied fecal matter” onto her. The suspect is described as a Black male, around 30 years of age, tall with a medium build, wearing a yellow construction hard hat, gloves and a blue shirt.Police on Tuesday released a photograph they say shows the man. He was last seen fleeing on foot eastbound on College Street. “A young girl had a bucket of waste, feces, dumped on her,” said Toronto police Const. David Hopkinson. “I don’t know what to say, I’m at a loss, this is absolutely disgusting.”Police are investigating two similar assaults, at York University on Sunday and U of T on Friday. Police said the same man as the Monday-night incident is responsible for the earlier attack at U of T. On Friday, around 5:20 p.m., a man entered the university’s John P. Robarts Library and poured a bucket of fecal matter onto two unsuspecting people seated at a table before fleeing.On campus on Tuesday, several students said they’re worried the suspect in the attacks is still at large. “I’m not going to stop coming at the library but I’m definitely checking over my shoulder every now and then,” said Ethan Deneault, a student in the neuroscience program, who says he visits Robarts Library at least three times a week.Emily Leonard, a PhD student in the Ancient Greek program and a frequent user of the Robarts Library said it’s especially “scary” because of the serial nature of the attacks. “I actually wondered if I should come here today or ...
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