CHICAGO - Two men were injured in separate early-morning attacks about an hour apart Monday on Chicago's Near West Side.

What we know:

The first stabbing happened around 1 a.m. in the 1300 block of South Jefferson Street.

A 40-year-old man was walking when someone on a bicycle struck him several times with an unknown object and stole his belongings, according to police. The man suffered cuts to the head and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in good condition.

About an hour later, officers on patrol in the same block found a 44-year-old man standing in the street with multiple injuries.

Police said the man told officers he had been attacked by two people, one of whom was armed with an axe, before the attackers fled. He was also taken to Stroger Hospital in good cond

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