Boy, 13, screamed 'they're trying to stab me' to mum who thought he was 'going to die'

A 13-year-old boy has been left traumatised after a masked gang 'armed with knives' threatened him and his friends (Image: Liverpool Echo)

A 13-year-old lad was left traumatised after a masked gang "armed with knives" threatened him and his mates before making off with two electric bikes. The youngster's mum, who wishes to remain anonymous, said she got a panicked phone call from her son on Monday evening (November 24) in which he screamed someone was trying to stab him.

The teenager had met two friends outside Aldi on Lorenzo Drive in Norris Green at around 7.40pm. The lad's mum claimed three youths approached her son and his mates, who had two e-bikes between them, showed them knives and demanded their bikes.

The 33-year-old said: "Three lads approached them, showed them blades and