Sheffield stabbings: Police say there is “no evidence” to suggest three incidents in three days are linked

There have been three attacks in three days on Staniforth Road, St Mary’s Gate and Park Grange Road.
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Three attacks this week which have seen three people hospitalised with stab wounds are being treated as separate incidents, police have confirmed.

South Yorkshire Police said there is “no evidence to suggest any of them are linked”.

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The attacks on Staniforth Road, Darnall yesterday (April 9) and on St Mary’s Gate on Monday (April 8) are being treated as targeted attacks.

Emergency crews on Staniforth Road yesterday (April 9)Emergency crews on Staniforth Road yesterday (April 9)
Emergency crews on Staniforth Road yesterday (April 9)

Police have not confirmed whether the stabbing on Park Grange Road on Sunday (April 7), in which a 29-year-old man suffered a single stab wound to his armpit, is being treated as targeted.

Three boys, two aged 15 and one aged 16, were arrested on suspicion of GBH following Sunday’s incident and have since been released on police bail.

After last night’s stabbing in Darnall, which saw a 21-year-old man hospitalised with multiple stab wounds, a 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

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No arrests have been made in connection with the St Mary’s Gate stabbing.

St Mary’s Gate: Police say the two boys were set upon by unknown offenders. One of the victims was stabbed in the lower back while the other was injured with an unspecified weapon.St Mary’s Gate: Police say the two boys were set upon by unknown offenders. One of the victims was stabbed in the lower back while the other was injured with an unspecified weapon.
St Mary’s Gate: Police say the two boys were set upon by unknown offenders. One of the victims was stabbed in the lower back while the other was injured with an unspecified weapon.

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed in his lower back and hands and hospitalised with “life-threatening” injuries in the underpass.

A second boy, also aged 17, was assaulted and suffered serious injuries in the attack.

Sheffield has had three stabbings in as many days between April 7 and April 9.Sheffield has had three stabbings in as many days between April 7 and April 9.
Sheffield has had three stabbings in as many days between April 7 and April 9.

People with information about any of the attacks should contact police via their website or by calling 101, quoting the following information:

Park Grange Road, Arbourthorne: Incident 733 of April 7. 

St Mary’s Gate, Sheffield City Centre: Incident 165 of April 8.

Staniforth Road, Darnall: Incident 761 of April 9.