Outbreak of forcible skirt lifting reported in Allston's BU ghetto

The Daily Free Press reports that around 8 p.m. on Nov. 6, a BU student was pushed onto a set of stairs on Ashford Street by a man who then lifted her skirt and took her picture - and that this was the third or fourth such incident along Ashford since September.

UPDATE: Boston Police report five women have been attacked in the past six weeks. "The suspect is targeting women wearing skirts." The suspect is described as white or Hispanic, between 19 and 30. Police say they've increased patrols in the area.