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Elderly Couple Attacked, Robbed In Portage Park Home

CHICAGO — An 81-year-old man and 77-year-old woman were attacked and robbed inside their Portage Park home on Thursday night, police said.

At 11:47 p.m., a man or men got into the home in the 5400 block of West Henderson Street and hit the man and woman in their faces, police said. The thieves took a purse and ran away.

The man and woman had lacerations on their faces and were taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in good condition, police said.

No one was in custody.