Police in Philadelphia are investigating two separate stabbing incidents that occurred early Sunday morning. A recent Temple University graduate was stabbed multiple times in North Philadelphia, while a 30-year-old man sustained a hand injury in West Philadelphia. A person of interest is in custody for the West Philadelphia stabbing, and the weapon has been recovered.
Police are investigating after a pair of stabbings -- one in which a recent Temple graduate was attacked in West Philly and another in North Philadelphia -- left two people injured early Sunday, officials sayPolice in Philadelphia are investigating after, officials said, a pair of stabbings across the city early Sunday left two people hospitalized.
According to police, the first incident happened at about 2:39 a.m. in North Philadelphia when a 22-year-old man was stabbed at least 12 times in an attack that happened along the 1400 block of North 15th Street.In an early morning statement, Temple University identified the victim in this incident as a recent college graduate.
The injured man is a member of that organization, which they did not name specifically, Temple officials said.No arrests have been made and, officials said, a weapon has not yet been recovered in this attack. Also Sunday morning, about an hour-and-a-half later, in West Philadelphia, officials said, a 30-year-old man was stabbed in his hand.
In this incident, police officials said, the man suffered a laceration to his right hand at about 4:09 a.m. along the 5200 block of Market Street.Also, in this case, officials said they have a"person of interest" in custody following the attack and investigators have recovered the weapon that they believe was used in the incident.
STABBINGS TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PHILADELPHIA POLICE INVESTIGATION NORTH PHILADELPHIA WEST PHILADELPHIA
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