22-Year-Old Female Reportedly Attacked in East Side Robbery in Providence on Sunday

22-Year-Old Female Reportedly Attacked in East Side Robbery in Providence on Sunday

Providence police responded to a report of a robbery with an assault on the East Side on Sunday afternoon. 

According to police, a 22-year-old female Brown University graduate student was walking on Brown Street around 4 PM on Sunday, when she was robbed — and slashed with a knife.

The woman was reportedly slashed in her thumb by two assailants, and her purse stolen. 

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Police say the report of the vehicle in question is similar to the one involved in an armed robbery of a 67-year-old woman on President Avenue on the East Side on Friday.

Second East Side Assault in Two DAYS

Providence police were dispatched to 297 President Avenue shortly after 6:30 PM on Friday for a report of a first-degree robbery. 

Police met with the female victim, age 67, who said she was walking her dog when an “older, dark color sedan, with a loud muffler” pulled up alongside her and a male subject exited the vehicle. 

The victim was robbed of her purse — after an assailant flashed a knife. 

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This story was first published 10/25/20 7:33 PM