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Six students stabbed at El stop at 46th and Market

January 14, 2011

Several news outlets are reporting that six students were stabbed near the El stop at 46th and Market Streets this morning. The teens reportedly got into a fight at the train station.

The students were taken to hospital but the injuries are reportedly not life threatening. Five of the students were from Boys Latin High School and the sixth was reportedly a student at nearby West Philadelphia Catholic High School, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Inquirer interviewed Byron Pugh, who runs a CD stand at the El station and said the fights between students are a regular occurrence.

Incidentally, the Inquirer story concludes that while police were investigating the stabbings a man robbed the nearby CVS at 48th and Market.

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