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Jaimie Kay & Lucy Marshall

Police statement in full as teenager stabbed in the face in Holbeck, Leeds

A teenager has been left with serious injuries after being stabbed in the face in Leeds.

West Yorkshire Police are at the scene in Holbeck where a 19-year-old man was found with serious injuries following the stabbing. The ambulance service called police who have cordoned off the area.

A cordon is in place near Holbeck Park and the entrance to 360 Fit Performance Centre has also been cordoned off. Police have also cordoned off a pathway opposite the gym which passes underneath the M621 motorway off Holbeck Moor Road.

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A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: "At 1.30pm today, police were contacted by the ambulance service who had been called to Holbeck Moor Road in Leeds where a man had been found seriously injured.

Police at the scene in Holbeck, Leeds (Leeds Live)

"Officers attended and a 19-year-old man was found to have received a serious stab wound to the face. He was taken to hospital for treatment. His injuries are not believed to be life threatening.

"A scene is currently in place around the underpass of the M621 to undergo forensic examination. Detectives from Leeds District CID are carrying out enquiries to establish the full circumstances."

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