Boy, 9, is stabbed by a stranger in the street in a ‘random attack’ leaving him with injuries to the face and arms as police hunt ‘tall, scruffy’ suspect
- The boy was walking with his brother in broad daylight on a Peterborough street
- He was attacked by a ‘random’ man with a knife who fled after the stabbing
- The boy was airlifted to hospital and is in a stable condition after facial wounds
A nine-year-old boy was stabbed in a random street attack by a stranger in broad daylight this afternoon.
The suspect, described as ‘tall’ and ‘scruffy’ fled after the knife attack on the boy who was walking with his brother on Peveril Road, Peterborough.
The youngster suffered multiple wounds to his face and hands and he was airlifted to hospital.
A nine-year-old boy was stabbed in a random street attack by a stranger in Peveril Road (pictured) in Peterborough
The boy was initially taken to Peterborough City Hospital but has since been transferred to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge where he remains in a stable condition.
Sergeant Jason Hancock said: ‘It is believed the boy was walking along the street with his older brother when a man approached them and attacked the victim.
‘The offender is described as an Asian man who was tall, skinny, scruffy in appearance with black short-to-medium length messy hair and was wearing black jogging bottoms and a big coat. He ran off in the direction of Lincoln Road.
‘We understand this will be a concerning incident for members of the public, however we have got officers carrying out enquiries and doing all we can to identify the offender.
‘While this appears to be a random attack, we believe this was an isolated incident and have not received any further reports of this nature.’
Police asked anyone with information to contact them on webchat quoting incident 312 of May 8 or by calling 101.