Arrest made after teenage boy stabbed in Stevenage

Detectives have made an arrest in connection with a stabbing in Stevenage.

Police were called at 516pm on Tuesday (February 1), by the East of England Ambulance Service, to report that a 15-year-old boy had been found injured in Inskip Crescent.

Officers and the ambulance service attended and found the injured boy, who had suffered a single stab wound to the abdomen.

He was taken to hospital where he remains in a serious, but not life threatening, condition.

Today (Thursday, February 3) a 15 year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of Section 18 grievous bodily harm (GBH). He remains in police custody at this time.

Detective Inspector Nick Rega, of the Stevenage Local Crime Unit, said: "While an arrest has been made in connection with this incident, enquiries are continuing to establish the circumstances around what happened and anyone with information is asked to please get in touch."

You can report information online at herts.police.uk/ro/report, speak to an operator in our

non-emergency number 101, quoting crime reference 41/8858/22.