Teenager in a critical condition after being stabbed outside an Ashley school
The 15-year-old boy sustained a stab wound to his abdomen.
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD boy is in a critical condition after being stabbed outside a school in Ashley.
Kyle van Reenen of Emer-G-Med Paramedics said the teenage boy was found to have sustained a stab wound to his abdomen and in a critical condition.
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“Advanced Life Support intervention was needed to stabilize him before he was placed onto a mechanical ventilator to assist him in breathing, and transported rapidly by ambulance to a nearby hospital,” he said.
The motive for the assault is unknown at the stage.
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