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Middlesbrough's Dwayne Ward, 17, stabbed in Marmaris | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
A British teenager has been found stripped naked lying in a garden in Turkey after being repeatedly stabbed. | |
Dwayne Ward, 17, from Middlesbrough, who was on holiday, was discovered unconscious in the Tepe district of the resort of Marmaris. | |
Two local men have been arrested in connection with the attack on the former Macmillan Academy student. | Two local men have been arrested in connection with the attack on the former Macmillan Academy student. |
His brother Lewis said he was now out of intensive care after undergoing an operation on his lung. | |
It is understood the teenager suffered at least 10 stab wounds to the throat, chest, back and stomach. | It is understood the teenager suffered at least 10 stab wounds to the throat, chest, back and stomach. |
'Step by step' | |
He is being treated in Marmaris State Hospital. | |
His brother Lewis Ward said: "He's a very quiet lad. He doesn't say boo to a goose. It's an incredible shock, a massive shock. | |
"He's stable, he's on the mend. He's spoken a few words. | |
"He had an operation yesterday, which he came through absolutely fine, on his lung. | |
"They don't know how long he's going to be in there for, they're just taking it day by day, step by step." | |
The teenager, another brother and their mother, were staying at the Ali Baba Hotel and had arrived in the area only a few days earlier. | |
Reports said Mr Ward had been out in the Bar Street area on Tuesday night with his brother, who had returned alone to their hotel. | Reports said Mr Ward had been out in the Bar Street area on Tuesday night with his brother, who had returned alone to their hotel. |
After studying CCTV, police arrested two men, who have been named as Attila Dincer and Ismail A. | After studying CCTV, police arrested two men, who have been named as Attila Dincer and Ismail A. |
'Deeply saddened' | |
Alison Guvenc, who owns a club near to where the attack took place, said: "The problems are normally between the locals themselves rather than anything towards the tourists here on holiday. | Alison Guvenc, who owns a club near to where the attack took place, said: "The problems are normally between the locals themselves rather than anything towards the tourists here on holiday. |
"Very rarely do we hear of something of this magnitude happening, the occasional fight can go on between the tourists and the locals but it is very very rare. | "Very rarely do we hear of something of this magnitude happening, the occasional fight can go on between the tourists and the locals but it is very very rare. |
"To be honest this news has shocked everyone, all of the locals are quite upset at the moment." | "To be honest this news has shocked everyone, all of the locals are quite upset at the moment." |
A spokesman for Macmillan Academy in Middlesbrough said the school's thoughts and prayers were with Dwayne. | A spokesman for Macmillan Academy in Middlesbrough said the school's thoughts and prayers were with Dwayne. |
He added: "Staff and students at the academy were deeply saddened by the news that a former student was left fighting for his life after a knife attack while on a family holiday in Turkey. | |
"The thoughts and prayers of staff and students go out to Dwayne in the express hope that he can make a complete recovery. | "The thoughts and prayers of staff and students go out to Dwayne in the express hope that he can make a complete recovery. |
"There is a real sense of communal support for his accompanying family, who are having to come to terms with these traumatic circumstances." | "There is a real sense of communal support for his accompanying family, who are having to come to terms with these traumatic circumstances." |