Toronto police investigate 2 TTC assaults that happened roughly at the same time

Toronto police are investigating two separate assaults that happened roughly the same time on the TTC in the city's east end on Friday.

At 5:40 p.m., police were called to Pape subway station. A male victim had been assaulted and robbed by a group of young people, police said. Hewas not injured.

At 5:42 p.m., police were called to a Toronto Transit Commission bus in the area of Pape and Cosburn Avenues. A man had been assaulted by a group of young people. Paramedics took himto hospital with minor injuries.

In both cases, the suspects fled the scene, police said.

Const. Alex Li, spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service, said officers aresearching for video and interviewing witnesses in both cases.

Li said police have not determined if the two assaultsare related in any way.

The attacks come after a string of stabbings and assaults on the TTC in recent weeks.