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Boy, 17, chased and stabbed repeatedly in the back by teen gang in Preston as UK knife epidemic rages on
The lad, 17, was stabbed outside a B&M Bargains store in Preston at 4.55pm on Sunday
A TEENAGE boy was repeatedly knifed in the back after being "targeted" by a pair of teenage thugs.
The lad, 17, was stabbed outside a B&M Bargains store in Preston at 4.55pm on Sunday.
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He was rushed to Blackpool Victoria Hospital via air ambulance, where docs are treating him for non life-threatening injuries.
A Lancashire Police spokesman said: "We are appealing for information following a stabbing in Preston.
"It happened at around 4:45pm this afternoon close to B&M Bargains on Carlisle Street.
"Three teenagers thought to be aged around 15 to 18 have chased a 17-year-old boy from Preston and attacked him. During the incident he sustained stab wounds to his back and his bicycle was stolen."
Inspector Chris Walsh added: "We think this was a targeted attack and that both the attackers and victim are known to each other.
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"We have a number of officers working on tracing the offenders and arresting them."
It comes as an epidemic knife crime surges across Britain.
News of the latest knife crimes comes after The Sun Online revealed nowhere is safe from brutal knife killings in London.
The grisly death toll continues to rise with 21 people stabbed to death already in 2019 and police losing control of the streets.
North London is the most dangerous area of the capital, with seven murders taking place in 2019.
But boroughs all over the city have seen horrific daylight slayings.
One man was left paralysed after his spinal cord was slashed during an alleged stabbing spree in Edmonton last month.
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Yesterday, chilling CCTV footage showed two men facing off with machetes in front of a crowd of terrified shoppers in Newcastle.
And video also emerged of two armed gangs clashing in a quiet residential street in Kent after a car crash.
In one of the clips of the brawl, a frightened witness can be heard urging a family member to "get in", before adding: "It's on our f***ing doorstep man".
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