BOSTON (WHDH) - Two men were injured, one critically, on Wednesday night in a stabbing near the crowded Boston Common.
Officers responded around 5:45 p.m. to the busy intersection of Park Street and Tremont Street for a report of a fight that ended in a double stabbing.
One man suffered life-threatening injuries when he was stabbed in the stomach. A second man suffered non-life-threatening injuries when he was stabbed in the back. They were both taken Tufts Medical Center, where one man is in stable condition and they other was released.
Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said trains were stopped at the Park Street MBTA station as officers worked to apprehend three suspects who tried to flee on a train.
The incident is under investigation. The names of those involved have not been released.
Evans said police patrols will be increased on the Common for the remainder of the summer.
Three individuals were arrested but they have since been released after being interviewed.
A fourth individual was arrested for Assault and Battery. He hit one of the victims with a skateboard that started the incident. Police are still looking for the stabbers.
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