Loyola University is alerting its students to three criminal sexual abuse incidents that took place earlier this week at its North Side campus.

Loyola University issued a safety alert to students after three were sexually assaulted at the Lakeshore campus this week. In the alert issued on Monday, students reported that an unknown man touched their rears.

On Tuesday night, a similar attack in the Loop prompted Columbia College Chicago to issue a safety warning. It is unclear if the incidents at Loyola and in the Loop are connected,

Safety officers at two separate Chicago colleges are urging students to be on alert – after reports of students being sexually assaulted. The incidents happened at both Loyola’s Lakeshore Campus and near Columbia College downtown.

A pair of Chicago institutions have issued alerts after students were sexually assaulted at both Loyola and Columbia this week.