A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to dying in a “focused assault” in Cambridge on Saturday. Police have been known as to the scene by the ambulance service after a boy was stabbed at about 2.52pm close to Logan’s Meadow, a small reserve subsequent to the River Cam.
Regardless of the efforts of emergency employees, {the teenager} was declared lifeless at 2.56pm, Cambridgeshire constabulary stated. A homicide investigation has been launched.
Det Supt Carl Foster, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire main crime unit, stated police have been following a number of leads however believed the assault was “focused”.
“Whereas we’re unable to substantiate the reason for dying till a postmortem examination has been carried out, we consider the boy was stabbed in a focused assault,” he stated. “We’re following a number of leads and finishing up inquiries to search out these accountable. Nonetheless, no arrests have but been made.
“We consider there have been members of the general public on the scene who spoke with paramedics however left earlier than our officers arrived. I’m instantly interesting for these folks to make contact with us please.
“I’d attraction to anybody with info to get in contact with us as a matter of urgency.”
Anybody with any info has been urged to contact police on 101.