Four people, including a teenage girl, were killed and at least five injured after a man went on a stabbing spree at multiple addresses in the US state of Illinois, police have said.

The stabbings took place on Wednesday afternoon, Rockford City Police said in a statement, adding that a 22-year-old suspect was taken into custody.

The statement did not say anything about a possible motive.

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Rockford is located about 90 miles northwest of Chicago.

Those killed included a 15-year-old girl, a 63-year-old woman, and two men aged 49 and 22, according to the police.

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The police statement said that five people had been wounded, but US media later cited the police saying seven were wounded.

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