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Police release surveillance photos of suspect from sexual assault near Harvard University

Courtesy of Massachusetts State Police

State police released surveillance photos Thursday of a bicyclist believed the be the assailant in the sexual assault near Harvard University’s Cambridge campus earlier this week.

The man in the photo is believed to have sexually assaulted a woman early Tuesday morning near Harvard’s Weld Boat House on the Charles River and Memorial Drive. The victim had just left a Cambridge bar. Her screams for help got the attention of two witnesses, who scared off her attacker.

The victim recevied treatment at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital.

The suspect was described as a white male in his late 20s to early 30s with a stocky build and light brown or blond hair.

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