Hunt for attackers after Halloween party stabbings

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Three boys aged 16 and two aged 17 were taken to hospital with serious injuries on Saturday night.

Hunt for attackers after Halloween party stabbings

Police are hunting for attackers who stabbed 5 teenage boys astatine a Halloween enactment successful Hampshire.

Officers said an "unknown group" had gained introduction to the enactment astatine a location successful Park Road, Chandler's Ford, and the stabbings happened soon aft 22:30 GMT connected Saturday. Three boys aged 16 and 2 aged 17 were each taken to infirmary with superior injuries.

Hampshire Police wants to talk to anyone who was determination oregon has footage, including doorbell camera footage, covering Park Road and the adjacent area.

Churches successful Chandler's Ford are acceptable to unfastened their doors to connection support. St Boniface and St Martin successful the Wood said they would beryllium disposable for radical to intermission for reflection oregon airy a candle.

Eastleigh MP Liz Jarvis said: "The assemblage is successful conscionable daze this greeting that specified an atrocious happening could person occurred.

"My thoughts are with the parents of the boys, the boys and the full community.

"It is precise bittersweet to deliberation that these 5 boys person been enactment successful infirmary arsenic a effect of this incident."

The MP urged radical to "stay calm, don't beryllium tempted to stock misinformation online and fto the constabulary bash their job".

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