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67-year-old woman critically wounded in Center City stabbing

The stabbing occurred in the area of 11th and Market Streets shortly after 3:30 p.m., police said.

Philadelphia police officers stand at the corner of 11th and Market Streets in Center City after a 67-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after being stabbed on Monday, October 14, 2024.
Philadelphia police officers stand at the corner of 11th and Market Streets in Center City after a 67-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after being stabbed on Monday, October 14, 2024.Read moreYong Kim / Staff Photographer

A 67-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after being stabbed Monday afternoon in Center City, police said.

The stabbing occurred in the area of 11th and Market Streets shortly after 3:30 p.m.

The woman, who was stabbed in the chest and upper left back, was transported by medics to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

A possible suspect was last seen fleeing on a bicycle east on Market and then south on 10th Street, police said.