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Suspects Wanted For Multiple Armed Robberies, Mostly Targeting Temple Students

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Police are reaching out to the public for help identifying the suspects wanted for multiple gunpoint robberies that have primarily targeted Temple University students.

There have been a total of six incidents reported. They've all happened at night in the area west of Temple and surveillance footage has been recovered from some of the robberies.

In the incidents, the suspect or suspects have approached their victims and demanded money while armed with a gun.

Phones, wallets and backpacks were taken from the victim, and in at least one incident, the suspect fled on a red bicycle.

The first suspect is described as a black male in his teens with a thin-medium build. He's about 5'9" or 5'10" and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and a backpack.

The second suspect is also a black male in his teens with a medium build. He is light complected with bushy hair and a light mustache and was wearing a camouflage jacket with a patch on the back.

Anyone with information should call police.

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