A North Philadelphia homeowner confronted a burglar who broke into his house overnight and stabbed the burglar several times, police said.
Police responded to a house on Master Street near 11th overnight to find a man estimated to be in his 50s suffering from several stab wounds to his chest and upper back.
The man was taken to Hahnemann Hospital, where he remained in critical condition Sunday and was being held as a prisoner, according to police, after officers determined that the man had apparently broken into the house when he was confronted by the homeowner, who stabbed him.
Police recovered the knife used at the scene, they said.
An investigation into the incident continued Sunday.
