Hospital 'locked down' due to 'disorder' after boy, 16, stabbed in broad daylight

'Disorder' broke out at a hospital after a teenage boy was stabbed. Police are now investigating the trouble which is it believed is linked to the knife attack in Birmingham.

A witness said the city's Heartlands Hospital had to be 'locked down' in the aftermath of the knife attack. The 16 year-old was on Pretoria Road, in Bordesley Green area of the city, at around 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon.

He was rushed to hospital with serious injuries. He remains in a stable condition in hospital.

Police are also probing disorder, believed to be linked to the stabbing, which erupted at a Birmingham hospital. One witness told BirminghamLive that Heartlands Hospital went into 'lockdown' after a group 'ambushed' its A&E department last night.

While an ambulance was also 'raided with a patient inside' they said. West Midlands Police have not commented on these claims. But a spokesperson confirmed they were investigating 'disorder' believed to be linked to the stabbing.

A force spokesman said "We are investigating after a teenager was stabbed in Bordesley Green, Birmingham yesterday (Saturday). We were called to reports of a stabbing in Pretoria Road at around 3.30pm.

A 16-year-old boy was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where he remains in a stable condition. An investigation is underway to establish the details.

"We are also investigating reports of disorder involving a number of people at a Birmingham hospital, which is believed to be linked to the stabbing incident.

"If you can help with our investigation, you can contact us via Live Chat on our website, or by calling 101 quoting log 2746 of 15 February."