Two men went to the hospital after a pair of similar violent robberies in Madison during the past few days. Police aren’t connecting the two robberies, but said that both are troubling.
The first incident occurred when a 38-year-old man was hit in the head with an unknown object and robbed of cash on Saturday night. The robbery occurred at about 10 p.m. on East Lawn Court. The victim had severe head injuries and was taken to the hospital for surgery, WISC-TV reported.
In a second incident on Wednesday morning, a University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral student was attacked by two men. The robbery occurred at about 2:40 a.m. at the corner of University Avenue and Chamberlain Avenue, police said.