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Man stabbed in Back of the Yards

By Sun-Times Wire

A 10-year-old girl in South Carolina died Wednesday, two days after being involved in a fight at her elementary school. | Sun-Times file

A man was wounded in a stabbing early Saturday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.

The 32-year-old was stabbed about 1:20 a.m. in the 5100 block of South Ashland Avenue, according to Chicago Police. He was taken to Saint Bernard Hospital in good condition.

Police said the suspect was in their late 40s. Area Central detectives were investigating.

Two people were wounded in a separate stabbing minutes earlier in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

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