Teenager stabbed after noise row

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A teenager was stabbed three times after confronting a group of people making noise outside his girlfriend's home in Lancashire.

The pair were inside the house in a residential street in Blackpool when they were disturbed on Saturday night.

The 19-year-old went out to tell the group of eight men and women to stop making noise - but a row broke out.

Police said he was then stabbed in a "vicious attack" and taken to hospital, where he is in a serious condition.

Lancashire Police have not yet found the weapon and cannot say for definite if a knife was used.

The victim, who is from Blackpool, suffered two stab wounds in his back and one in his side. He has sustained some very nasty injuries and will be in hospital for the next week or so Det Con Matt Normanton, Lancashire Police

The group then ran away and the man was taken by ambulance to Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

Det Con Matt Normanton, of Lancashire Police, said: "This was a vicious attack on a man who went outside to tell this group to keep the noise down.

"He has sustained some very nasty injuries and will be in hospital for the next week or so.

"Due to his condition we have not been able to take a full statement from him as yet, but it would appear there has been some kind of confrontation during which time he has received these stab wounds.

"We are currently awaiting the results of some forensic inquiries which took place over the weekend which will hopefully give us a better idea of who is responsible.

"The group have then all fled and we are hoping to speak to people who may have seen where they went and what happened next."

Officers have been conducting door-to-door enquiries and are examining CCTV footage from the area.