Three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a boy was stabbed in Sunderland.

Northumbria Police confirmed an attempted murder investigation has been launched, after they were alerted by the ambulance service to an injured teenage boy on Margaret Terrace in New Herrington.

Emergency services attended the scene at around 6.10pm on Friday 6 June, to discover the boy, aged 15, had sustained serious injuries consistent with being caused by a bladed article.

He was taken to hospital for treatment of injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening and remains there in a stable condition. His next of kin have been informed.

Officers say, while enquiries remain at an early stage, it is understood the boy had been assaulted within the grounds of Herrington Co

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