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Ashlie Blakey

Two boys, 15 and 16, arrested after teen injured in Heywood street brawl

Two boys were arrested after a teenager was injured in a street brawl in Heywood.

Police were called to a 'disturbance' on Bury New Road at around 8.40pm on Friday (February 5).

Officers found that six people had been in a fight.

A boy, aged 17, was taken to hospital with a minor injury to his abdomen, police said.

He has since been discharged.

Two boys, aged 15 and 16, were arrested on suspicion of section 18 assault.

They have since been released under investigation.

Bury New Road was closed off by police between Whalley Road and Heady Hill Road after the incident on Friday.

It reopened after around an hour.

In a statement, a GMP spokesperson said: "At around 8.40pm on Friday 5 February 2021, police were called to reports of a disturbance on Bury New Road, Heywood.

"Emergency services attended and enquiries established that a group of approximately six people had been involved in a fight.

"A 17 year old boy was taken to hospital with a minor injury to his abdomen. He has since been discharged.

"Two boys, aged 16 and 15, have been arrested on suspicion of Section 18 assault. They have since been released under investigation."

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