A teenager has been arrested and bailed in connection with a stabbing in New Ferry that left its 15-year-old victim in hospital with wounds to his arm. 

Police were called to Merseybank Road just after 12.25pm on Saturday (November 9) where it was reported that a male had been stabbed in the arm.

Two males wearing all black clothes and balaclavas were reported to have ridden away from the scene on electric bikes onto Napier Road.

Their 15-year-old victim was taken to hospital for treatment to two stab wounds to his arm. He has since been discharged and is recovering at home.

A 17-year-old boy from New Ferry has been arrested on suspicion of Section 18 wounding with intent. He was taken into custody and later bailed pending further enquiries.

Detective Inspector Sarah Wilkinson said: “In this incident – which we believe was targeted - a teenager has been stabbed to the arm. Thankfully, he is now recovering at home, but such violence has no place at all in Merseyside.

“It leaves victims and their families traumatised and can ruin the lives of offenders too.

“Our investigation into the incident is progressing well and we have made an arrest. Whether through our own enquiries or information from the public, we will always seek to take positive action to bring offenders to justice and remove weapons from circulation.

“So if you have information about people who are storing, carrying or using weapons, give us information and we will do the rest.”

Anyone with information on this incident, or who knows anything about knife crime in their area, should contact Merseyside Police social media desk via X @MerPolCC or Facebook ‘Merseyside Police Contact Centre’. 

You can also call 101 quoting incident reference 24000951917 or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their website here

Yesterday (Monday 11 November) marked the launch of Sceptre, the national week of action targeting knife crime and in particular knife-enabled robbery.

A number of operations and initiatives, aimed at keeping the public safe from robbery and knife-related offences, will be running this week.

They include high visibility uniformed patrols day and night, open land searches and weapon sweeps, and targeted stop and search.

There will also be knife arches to detect concealed weapons, drop off points for the public to surrender a knife or offensive weapon and engagement with schools about the dangers of carrying a knife.

Det Insp Wilkinson continued: “Our activity to prevent the harm knife crime can bring to our communities goes on all year round, but this week we are putting an additional focus on the issue."