Harvard Yard, the usually safe and quiet home to Harvard’s first-years and most undergraduate classes, was plagued by three violent incidents last week.

Two daylight robberies and an evening assault—described by the victim as a hate crime—occurred last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) has not made any arrests in the two robberies, but did arrest a juvenile in connection with the assault shortly after it occurred, according to HUPD spokesperson Steven G. Catalano.

No one was injured in any of the incidents, although the use of a weapon was threatened in the second robbery and the assault.

The Robberies

The first incident took place Wednesday around 3:30 p.m. when a Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School student was approached in the Yard by three black males and one black female of high school age, Catalano said.

While one of the suspects held the victim in a headlock, the others searched his pockets and removed his wallet.

The suspects fled the scene, and the victim returned to his school to report the robbery.

The second incident occurred one day later—Nov. 14—around the same time as the previous day’s robbery.

A Harvard undergraduate, Catalano said, was walking through the Yard near Widener Library when five black males of high school age, unknown to the victim, asked the victim for his money and demanded to see his pockets.

When the victim told the suspects he had no money with him, one of the suspects stated that he had a gun and would shoot the victim.

The suspects did not, however, display a gun.

While Catalano said it’s likely the two robberies are connected, he said the third incident—which occurred on around 9:45 p.m. on Friday night—is probably not related to the other two.

The Assault

In the third incident, a Harvard undergraduate and a friend said they were approached by group of eight black males, aged 12 to 14, near Harvard Hall.