2 attacked at knife-point in robbery on Red Line train in Loop

Two women were robbed at knife-point July 18, 2022 on a Red Line train in the Loop. (Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file photo)

Two women were attacked at knife-point in a robbery early Monday on a CTA Red Line train in the Loop.

The women, 22 and 21, were riding the train about 2:15 a.m. near the Monroe station when two males with “youthful appearances” approached, one of them equipped with a knife, Chicago police said.