Teen boy stabbed by gang of thugs at bus station in 'revenge' attack
dailyrecord.co.ukA teenage boy was stabbed and beaten up by a gang of thugs in a "revenge" attack at a busy bus station, a court has heard. As horrified members of the public looked on, the youngster was repeatedly punched, kicked and hit with a metal bar before being stabbed in the chest with a knife.
The person who wielded the blade was also aged just 14, Wales Online reports.The victim suffered a stab wound to the chest and a cut to his liver, and lost a large amount of blood, he was tended to by passers-by until paramedics arrived.
In a statement read out to Swansea Crown Court, the mother of the stabbed boy said it had been a "traumatic experience for the whole family" adding: "I want all the kids involved to know that using knives is not the answer." Carina Hughes, prosecuting, said the background to the assault was a fight between friends of the defendant and friends of the victim on February 9 this year.
Following the fight the victim began to receive threatening text messages. Miss Hughes said the following day the defendant armed himself with a knife and metal bar and met up with seven other youngsters - together they caught a bus from Swansea to Gorseinon with the weapons.
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