"It's really raising the question of how safe are we," said Jeffrey P. Morgan '02, president of Cornerstone, a Catholic gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender discussion group. "We shouldn't have to be walking around in fear at night."
The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) and the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) are both investigating the incidents. However, Kampff's assault will be hard to solve, detectives say, because none of the involved students can make a positive identification of the assailant.
"Our investigative unit is in communication with the Cambridge investigators," McNamara said. "They always work very closely when an affiliate has been victimized."
Area police agree that the two recent assaults are cause for concern--whether or not they are connected.
"It would appear there's a situation here," said Cambridge Police Department (CPD) spokesperson Frank Pasquarello said. "It's something that we'll be addressing."
He declined to elaborate on how CPD will respond to the attacks.
HUPD will also be paying close attention to the situation in the Square in the coming days and will reevaluate patrols on a daily basis.
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