Police provide update on teenager left fighting for life after Sheffield stabbing

A teenage boy fighting for life after a knife attack in Sheffield suffered ‘multiple stab wounds,’ detectives have revealed.
By Claire Lewis
Published 29th Oct 2020, 11:11 BST
A teenage boy was stabbed on the Winn Gardens estate in SheffieldA teenage boy was stabbed on the Winn Gardens estate in Sheffield
A teenage boy was stabbed on the Winn Gardens estate in Sheffield

The 17-year-old was attacked on Winn Gardens, Middlewood, at 1.40pm on Friday, October 23.

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He was rushed to hospital in a critical condition and remains there today.

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In an update on the incident, South Yorkshire Police said it is being treated as a ‘targeted attack’.

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The force said a member of the public helped the teenager until emergency services arrived.

In a statement, South Yorkshire Police said: “We are still working to establish the exact circumstances of the incident, but detectives are treating this as a targeted attack.”

An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder before being released on bail.

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A 17-year-old boy was held on suspicion of assisting an offender and also bailed.

Witnesses or anyone with information should call 101 and quote incident number 436 of October 23.

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