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You can't make this stuff up if you tried. At about 8 a.m. on Sunday morning on a CTA bus near Belmont and Milwaukee, a man claiming to be a "knife salesman" accidently tripped down the aisle of the bus and stabbed himself in the leg with one of his own knives, police News Affairs Office Laura Kubiak said. The man told police that he was a "knife salesman," selling knives out of his suitcase, and the stabbing was accidental, Kubiak said. Fire Media Affairs Dir. Larry Langford said that although the man lost a lot of blood, his injuries did not appear to be life threatening.

An early morning fight during breakfast at the Cook County Jail has left 11 inmates injured from stab wounds. No guards were hurt during the melee, which occurred around 4:30 a.m. Five inmates were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at nearby hospitals while six were treated at the on-site hospital. [Tribune]

A fight broke out at the Columbus Restaurant and Bar, 651 W. Washington Blvd, in the West Loop early this morning and police responded to find four people injured from stab wounds. One victim was listed in critical condition, another in guarded, and the other two in stable condition. The perp was also apprehended by police and hospitalized in stable conditions with minor cuts. No word from police of what led to the violent outburst. [WBBM]

An arm wrestling match between two men took a bitter turn when the guy who lost stabbed the winner in the upper left thigh. The victim was stabbed twice.

Two incidents in the last 24 hours have underscored the recent crisis of violence involving Chicago Public School students. Last night, a boy who - until just recently - had attended Sullivan High School - was shot in Rogers Park last night in what appears to be a gang-related incident. At last report, the student, who was shot multiple times, was in serious condition at St. Francis Hospital. This comes on the heels of CBS 2's report on Monday that 508 Chicago Public School students had been shot in the last 16 months - a number that has grown to 510 including last night's shooting. In addition to the shooting, a student was stabbed at DuSable High this morning. Police hadn't said whether the incident happened on school grounds but confirmed the assailant was in custody and the weapon used had been recovered. The student was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County in serious-to-critical condition.

A man was seriously wounded after being stabbed multiple times on-board a CTA Red Line train this afternoon as it traveled north from the Roosevelt stop. A DePaul student sitting nearby, Jamie Huberty, witnessed the attack.

Yesterday, we mentioned the story of Tiffany Cox, Carmelita Hall, Roslind Ball, and Miesha Nelson, the four women accused of beating and stabbing a man - Morris Wilson - to death this weekend. Now, the details of exactly what the hell happened are coming to light and it scares us even more than before.

The four women and the victim...were playing cards and drinking in the apartment of one of the women in the 8100 block of South Drexel Avenue at about 2 a.m. Sunday, said Cook County Assistant State's Atty. LuAnn Snow during a bond hearing.

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