'Serious and disturbing': Police investigate allegations of sex assault at Western

Chief Steve Williams said investigators are trying to gather as much information as they can at Medway-Sydenham Hall after allegations circulated on social media that upwards of 30 women were sexually assaulted at the student residence over the weekend.

“Our investigation will include examining any possible linkages between the various incidents,” he said.“The allegations that we've seen on social media over the weekend is very troubling to all of us,” he said at the same news conference. “I'm pleased that the London police is actively investigating them with Western's assistance and working to ensure our students feel safe and secure on campus.

AnnaLise Trudell, manager of education, training and research at Anova, said counsellors would be on campus Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night to provide drop-in support to students, who returned last week. Police said Gabriel Neil was found seriously injured in the early hours of Saturday morning and died the next day. A 21-year old, Aliyan Ahmed, has been charged with manslaughter. Western said the person charged was not a student.

Trudell, with the gender-based violence shelter, said Anova has seen a spike in calls to its sexual assault and gender-based violence crisis line in recent days, as well as a slew of private messages on social media.“We see an increase in calls to crisis lines in terms of sexual assault centres across the country both during and after this week, as well as requests for counselling support,” Trudell said.

She said women are very leery of reporting sexual assaults, with some studies suggesting only one in 10 will do so.

This is horrible !

Officers are going door to door at a Western University student residence as they investigate allegations of mass drugging and sexual assaults during the school's orientation week

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