Two more attacks on CTA riders, in separate incidents on the Red Line
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police are investigating two more attacks on the CTA, both of them early Wednesday on the Red Line.
CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports there have now been at least eight attacks on the CTA in the past 10 days.
In the latest attack, police said a 48-year-old woman was on a Red Line train at the 95th Street station around 3:30 a.m., when a man walked up to her and hit her in the face over and over again.
She stayed on the train before getting off at the Cermak/Chinatown stop, and called police. She was taken to Insight Hospital for treatment.
A couple hours earlier, a man was robbed at knifepoint at the Roosevelt station on the Red Line.
A 25-year-old man was cornered in an elevator by four other men who threatened him with a knife, before stealing his wallet and backpack, and punching him in the face.
Police chased the suspects through a train, and arrested four people outside the Clark/Division station around 1 a.m.
The two attacks are even more examples of rising crime on the CTA.
The agency has hired more than 200 unarmed security guards to patrol the train system around the clock. The goal is to have 300 such guards patrolling the system.
We've been asking about the effectiveness of the security guards, but have not heard anything about them assisting in arrests or intervening against violent crime.