A 14-year-old was among five arrested after the 17-year-old victim was stabbed on Thursday night, November 13
The Bull at the Bullring(Image: Graham Young / BirminghamLive)
A boy of just 14 was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a teenager was stabbed in Birmingham city centre in yet another knife attack.
West Midlands Police said trouble flared near the Bull sculpture outside the Bullring at around 8pm yesterday, Thursday, November 13.
The victim was a boy of 17. His injuries were not life-threatening or life-changing.
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Police said a boy, aged 14, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Three 18 year-olds were held on suspicion of wounding and a 22-year-old man was held on suspicion of assisting an offender.
In a statement, police said: “We’ve arrested four teenagers after a boy aged 17 was stabbed in Birmingham city centre.
“We were called to disorder outside the Bullring, near The Bull statue, just after 8pm yesterday. A boy aged 17 was taken to hospital after being stabbed, but thankfully the injuries were not life-threatening or life changing.
“We carried out urgent CCTV and witness enquiries and arrested five people overnight.
“A boy aged 14 has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, while three 18-year-olds were arrested on suspicion of wounding.
“A man aged 22 has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. All remain in custody this morning.”
It happened less than a week after Katie Fox, 34, was fatally stabbed at a bus stop in the city centre. A man has been charged with her murder.
And two 17-year-old boys were knifed in separate incidents outside Birmingham’s flagship Primark within the space of a week in early October.
Chief Insp Vicki Stott, of Birmingham Police, said of last night’s incident: “This was an unacceptable and violent attack in the heart of the city centre, and it’s lucky the boy was not more seriously injured.
“We worked flat out overnight with neighbourhood officers, CCTV operators and other specialist officers working together to identify and arrest five people as part of the investigation.
“We will not tolerate knife violence in the city centre, and we have extra patrols running as we go into the weekend.”
Police said knife crime had fallen in the West Midlands but officers knew there was more to do.