Boy, 14, stabbed multiple times by two people who 'ran off into park'

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Two people stabbed a 14-year-old boy multiple times before 'running off into a park' near Greater Manchester. Detectives are making a direct appeal for people to 'start talking' after the attack left the victim with serious injuries.

Officers were called out to Pennine Drive, in St Helens, at around 10.15pm on Monday night (September 2). Police received reports that the boy had been stabbed multiple times by two male offenders.

The pair reportedly fled on foot to the nearby Gaskell Park. The victim was taken to hospital, where he remains in a serious but stable condition this morning (Tuesday). READ MORE: Photo released after child 'slapped in the face' on school bus home Officers remain in the area carrying out enquiries and police are urging anyone with vital information to come forward - insisting that silence 'should not be an option'.

Detective Inspector Jimmy Rotheram, of Merseyside Police, said: "The people of St Helens and beyond will be rightly shocked that a young teenage boy has been targeted in such a way, and left with potentially life-changing injuries. "Knife crime causes devastation and those who arm themselves are likely to ruin lives with their actions.