Boy arrested after suspected stabbing in Gloucester

A 16-year-old girl remains in hospital.

Author: Harry LongPublished 29th Jan 2024
Last updated 29th Jan 2024

A 16-year-old girl is in hospital after a suspected stabbing in Gloucester last night.

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the incident and remains in police custody.

Police were called to an address in Kingsway, Gloucester shortly after 8pm with a report a male had stabbed a girl and then fled the address.

A teenage boy was arrested from a different address in Gloucester a short while later.

The victim is in hospital being treated for injuries which at this stage are not thought to be life threatening.

Anyone with information is being urged to contact officers.

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