PARK TEEN STABBED BY GANG OF 10

Boy,15, attacked during match –

ATEENAGE boy was stabbed during a football match at a park. The 15-year-old boy was alledgedly set upon by a group of 10 people during the game on Thursday evening at The Marl in Grangetown in Cardiff.

The schoolboy suffered a number of non-life-threatening injuries, including a puncture wound to his leg.

Officers from South Wales Police attended the incident and retrieved a bar close to the scene.

A 16-year-old boy and a 14-yearold boy have been arrested in connection with the incident and both remain in police custody.

A police spokesman said: “We are investigating an assault at The Marl Playing Fields in Grangetown on Thursday, August 12. Officers were called to The Marl at around 7.45pm where a football game had been taking place.

“Witnesses describe a group of around 10 young males assaulting a 15-year-old boy and then making off in the direction of Channel View Leisure Centre. The victim suffered a number of non-life-threatening injuries including a puncture wound to his leg.

“A bar, believed to have been discarded by one of the suspects, was found near the scene.”

They added yesterday: “Two teenage boys, 16 and 14, have been arrested in connection with the incident and they are currently in police custody.”

■ Anybody who has any information about the incident is urged to contact South Wales Police quoting reference number 283858. Information can be submitted via the online portal, via private message on Facebook/Twitter, via email at SWP101@south-wales. police.uk or by phoning 101.