CHICAGO (WGN) — Two teenagers have been charged with aggravated battery after police say they stabbed a man, critically injuring him, on Chicago’s northwest side Thursday afternoon.

Chicago police say a 16-year-old and 17-year-old were arrested just before 2:15 p.m. near the 3900 block of N. Merrimac Ave. in the Portage Park neighborhood.

According to police, the juvenile suspects used a knife to stab a 39-year-old man, critically injuring him, in the 6200 block of W. Irving Park Rd. about 10 minutes before their arrest.

Additionally, police allege the 17-year-old also assaulted a 37-year-old man during the same incident.

The 17-year-old has been charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault. The 16-year-old was charged with aggravated battery.

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