Campus police investigating armed robbery on Quad

URBANA – University of Illinois police are investigating a knife-point robbery that occurred on the University of Illinois Quad on Thursday night.

A UI police report said the 20-year-old Champaign man was walking north on the east sidewalk of the Quad about 9:30 p.m. when he was approached by three men, one of whom had a knife with a 4-inch blade.

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