CTA rider stabbed on Red Line: police

Red Line tunnel
The Red Line subway in Chicago. Photo credit Getty Images

(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A man was robbed and stabbed early Thursday on a CTA Red Line train near the North and Clybourn station.

The man, 40, was riding on the train in the 1500 block of North Clybourn Avenue about 5:20 a.m. when he was attacked, Chicago police said.

He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition with stab wounds to the abdomen and thigh, police said.

A suspect was placed into custody.

 (Source: Sun-Times Media Wire & Chicago Sun-Times 2022. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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