AN 18-YEAR-OLD has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing.
Police and paramedics were called to reports of an assault on Dalton Close in Blackburn at around 2.50pm on Wednesday.
Upon arrival, a man was found with a suspected stab wound to his stomach.
He was taken to hospital for treatment.
A teenager, 18, has since been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
A police spokesman said: "We were called around 2.50pm today (Wednesday, August 5) to reports of an assault in Dalton Close, Blackburn.
"Officers attended with a man found having suffered a suspected stab wound to his stomach.
"The man was taken to hospital for treatment.
"Following enquiries an 18-year-old boy from Blackburn was later arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is in custody."
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