Man Critically Hurt In Portage Park Stabbing

CHICAGO (STMW) -- A man is in critical condition after he was stabbed early Sunday in the Northwest Side Portage Park neighborhood.

The man, in his 20s, was stabbed about 12:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of North Long Street, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.

He was stabbed multiple times in the face and side, and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition, Greer said.

Details about the circumstances surrounding the stabbing were not yet known.

Area North detectives are investigating.

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