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15-year-old boy stabbed near shopping centre
A teenage boy was stabbed in an underpass on the afternoon of Bank Holiday Monday.
The 15-year-old was attacked in the underpass between Cribbs shopping centre and the area with the Vue cinema and Hollywood Bowl.
The incident happened soon after 5.40pm on Monday 26 May, with members of the public providing first aid and the boy taken to hospital where he is in a stable condition.
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A boy aged 16 was soon arrested nearby on suspicion of possessing a bladed article and attempted murder, and he remains in police custody.
Another boy, also aged 16, handed himself in to the police and also remains in custody having been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
Police have recovered a weapon and say it is not believed there is any wider risk to the public.
Both the injured boy and the suspect were part of a larger group of young people who ran from the scene.
They are described as being in their mid-teens and mostly wearing black clothing, with police keen to hear from anyone who saw what happened.
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