A Skokie man has been charged with stabbing two people when a fight broke out between two feuding groups at a West Rogers Park restaurant.
Syed Akbar, 27, of the 9300 block of North Lawler Avenue in the suburb, was charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery in connection with Sunday's fight at the restaurant at 3010 W. Devon Ave.
A 25-year-old Morton Grove man was stabbed 16 times in the chest and back. A 26-year-old Woodridge man was stabbed twice in the stomach and neck, said Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak. Both were reported in serious condition at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston.
More than a dozen people from two feuding groups were involved in the fight that led to the stabbings, police said.
Police said Akbar got into an argument with someone at the restaurant, left and then returned with some friends. A fight then broke out.
The nature of the argument wasn't known. The incident happened about 4:50 a.m.
