Cambridge stabbing: Three teens including boy, 14, arrested for murder of 17-year-old after broad daylight knife attack
THREE teens have been arrested after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in a broad daylight horror attack.
Police were scrambled to Cambridge just before 3pm yesterday after the horror unfolded.
Sadly the boy couldn’t be saved and was declared dead at the scene shortly after.
Two boys aged 14 and a 17-year-old boy have now been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Cambridgeshire Police confirmed the teens, who are all from Cambridge, remain in custody.
The force said the victim is believed to have been stabbed in a targeted attack.
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A murder probe has been launched with a post mortem due to take place.
Detective Superintendent Carl Foster, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit, said: “We believe there were members of the public at the scene who spoke with paramedics but left before our officers arrived.
“I am directly appealing for these people to make contact with us please.
“I would appeal to anyone with information to get in touch with us as a matter of urgency.”
Anyone with information can call police on 101 quoting Operation Helix.