The rash of sexual assaults in the Bloor St. W. and Christie St. area resumed with three more cases over the long weekend.

Two women were assaulted in separate incidents near Montrose Ave. and Harbord St. around 11 p.m., police said. Both women were walking southbound on Montrose Ave. when they were approached from behind and sexually assaulted.

In each case the suspect fled north.

A third woman was sexually assaulted Sunday around 11:45 p.m. while walking south on Grace St. from Bloor. Once again, a man approached from behind then fled north after sexually assaulting his victim.

In all three incidents the suspect was described as a heavy-set black male, police said.

Police have been searching for a suspect of similar description in connection to sexual assaults near Bloor and Christie for months.

There were 10 sexual assaults reported in the area from June to September, police said.

The victims were followed and assaulted from behind in these cases as well.