Two men in custody in River North Red Line holdup

Police say three men robbed a man waiting for a train early Sunday. The man was treated for a cut to his wrist.

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Two men are in police custody after an early Christmas Day Red Line robbery left a man injured in the River North neighborhood.

The man, 43, was waiting on a CTA platform in the 500 block of North State Street when three men approached him and robbed him of his personal belongings about 3:40 a.m., Chicago police said. The third robber has not been found.

The victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition with a cut to his right wrist, police said.

Detectives were investigating.

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