Air Force recruiter stabbed in Illinois

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An Air Force recruiter was attacked at approximately 9 a.m. Oct. 19 in his office in Fairview Heights, Ill., by someone posing as an applicant.

The recruiter is a member of the 345th Recruiting Squadron from Scott Air Force Base, Ill. He has been transported to Memorial Hospital in Belleville, where he is being treated for non-life threatening injuries and is in good condition.

The assailant is still at large, and local police are investigating the incident. More information will be released as it becomes available.

(Courtesy of Air Force Recruiting Service Public Affairs)