Man stabbed, robbed in Center City Wendy's

A 21-year-old man was stabbed twice during an altercation and robbery inside a Wendy's restaurant Wednesday night in Center City, police said.

The man was eating inside the Wendy's at 11th and Walnut Streets around 8:30 p.m. when he was approached by a man and possibly a transgendered woman, said Chief Inspector Scott Small. What followed was a verbal altercation that turned physical.

The assault was captured on video and showed the victim and the two assailants struggling in the middle of the restaurant, Small said. The victim was stabbed with a box cutter in the chest and leg. He was reported in stable condition at nearby Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. The assailants fled with the victim's mobile phone. - Robert Moran