At 7.11pm on Wednesday 22 February 2023 Dorset Police was called to reports of a possible stabbing in Mandale Road.
Officers, including armed response colleagues, attended the scene and located a 14-year-old local boy in nearby Gladdis Road who had sustained a single stab wound. He has been taken to the hospital where he remains in a critical condition. His family has been informed and our thoughts are with them all at this difficult time.
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