Last Updated Tuesday, November 26, 2019 2:27PM EST
Police say a bucket of what was believed to be feces was dumped on a female outside a University of Toronto building late Monday night, the third such incident in the city within a four-day period.
In a tweet sent out early Tuesday morning, police said the latest assault occurred at around midnight in the area of College Street and University Avenue, near a building on the University of Toronto’s downtown campus.
Police said a man dumped a bucket of what appeared to be feces on a female on the sidewalk and then took off eastbound on College Street.
Officers are currently investigating
two other incidents where “liquefied fecal matter” was reportedly tossed on people inside university libraries.
The first assault allegedly occurred at the University of Toronto’s Robarts Library on Friday.
Police said an unknown man entered the library at around 5:20 p.m. carrying what has been described as "liquefied fecal matter."
The man, according to police, then walked over to two unsuspecting people seated at a table and poured the contents of the bucket on them.
He then fled the area on foot.
On Tuesday, police released a photo of the suspect believed to be responsible for the two attacks around U of T. He has been described as a black male who is between the ages of 20 and 30 and has a medium build. He was seen wearing a yellow construction hat and a dark blue jacket.
A similar scene unfolded on Sunday at a library at York University's Keele campus.
In a statement released Monday, a York University spokesperson said an unknown male entered the university's Scott Library at around 5 p.m. and "deposited a substance, suspected of containing fecal matter, on a student."
Surveillance camera images of the suspect in the York incident were released by police on Monday evening. He has been described by investigators as a black male in his 20s with a medium build. He was wearing a black hat, a blue sweater, light-coloured pants, and thick black gloves at the time of the alleged incident.
In the image, the suspect appears to be carrying some sort of a bucket with a handle.
Police investigate 3rd feces attack after bucket of fecal matter dumped on female