Suspect held for attempted murder after 10-year-old boy was stabbed in neck as cops link wounding to two other attacks
COPS have arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after a ten-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck on Saturday evening.
The boy was approached by the hooded man who stabbed him before running off from the scene as the youngster's mum desperately tried to stem the blood.The boy was treated in hospital and has now been discharged.Detectives are also linking the horror knifing to two other incidents in which a woman and elderly man were attacked.
On Tuesday January 14, a woman was knifed in the back of her head when she was with her children on Doncaster Road, Leicester, at around 7.15pm.Two days later a man in his 70s was found with wounds to his hands and head in Dean Road, Leicester.
"While I would like to thank everyone who has shared our appeal and has already made contact with police, I am still appealing to anyone with any information to come forward. "If you witnessed any of the incidents or have CCTV or dashcam footage from the area you could have vital information to assist us with our continued enquiries. Please speak to police if you can help."The boy luckily escaped with non-life threatening injuries
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