Teenager stabbed in 'frightening' incident in Walton
Police have launched an appeal for witnesses
An appeal for information's been launched after a stabbing in Walton.
It's after an incident officers have called 'frightening', after it happened near the McDonald's on Rice Line.
They were were called out to the incident at about 18:30 yesterday (1 February), with the 17 year old victim in a stable condition in hospital.
Detectives add incidents of violent crime 'devastate' communities.
Merseyside Police say enquires are ongoing at the scene, including forensics and CCTV, and the McDonalds is closed as the investigation continues.
Detective Inspector Debbie Tipton said: "This will have been a frightening incident for the victim and for any witnesses, and he is being treated in hospital. It is through luck alone that this assault wasn’t even more serious.
“The use of knives and other weapons on the streets can have catastrophic consequences for all of those involved, and we're sure that people hold information about tonight's incident.
“Our work at the scene continues and I'd urge anyone who saw what happened, or may have captured youths making off around the time of the assault, to please come forward. If you live on Rice Lane or surrounding streets, please check any CCTV, dashcam or doorbell devices so we can establish the circumstances.
“Violent crime devastates communities and we are determined to continue the decreases in knife crime we have seen recently across Merseyside. Vital to this is information from those affected, so speak to us and we will do the rest.”
You can pass information via @MerPolCC on X, 'Merseyside Police Contact Centre' on Facebook, 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 with reference 25000087426.