Two 15-y-o boys charged for beating, stabbing schoolboy in Manchester

Detectives assigned to the Manchester Police Division on Saturday charged two 15-year-old boys for attacking a schoolboy while he was walking home along a roadway in Christiana.

The teens are charged with wounding with intent.

The incident happened on the afternoon of Thursday, March 13.

Reports from the Christiana police are that about 1:30, the complainant was walking home from school in the company of his friend along Main Street in Christiana when they were approached by a group of boys, including the accused, who were armed with boards and knives.

It is alleged that an argument developed between them, during which the accused teen boys hit the complainant all over his body with the board and stabbed him in his right side, causing a wound that bled.

The complainant was assisted to hospital by persons, where he was admitted in serious but stable condition.

The police were summoned to the scene and the accused teens were subsequently arrested.

They were jointly charged with the offence on Saturday, March 15.

Their court date is being finalised.

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