Man stabbed and robbed at Green Line station in South Loop — second downtown CTA attack in two days

The latest attack happened around 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Green Line station at 12 E. Cermak Road.

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A man was stabbed at a CTA station April 7, 2022 in South Loop.

A man was stabbed at a CTA station April 7, 2022 in South Loop.

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A man was stabbed during a robbery at a Green Line station Wednesday night, the second CTA attack near the Loop in two days.

The man, 26, was on the platform at 12 E. Cermak Road when three robbers approached him around 10 p.m., Chicago police said. He tried to run away but was stabbed in the arm.

After the robbers took his belongings, the man went to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was in good condition. 

On Tuesday night, a man was punched by a group of people on a CTA Red Line train platform in the Loop.

The man, 43, was attacked in the 100 block of North State Street around 11:10 p.m., police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with bruising and swelling, police said, and was listed in good condition.

No one was in custody in either attack.

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