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| Shipley boy, nine, stabbed in skate park | Shipley boy, nine, stabbed in skate park |
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| A nine-year-old boy has been stabbed by a man in a skate park in West Yorkshire. | |
| The boy was attacked at about 16:40 BST at the Carnegie Skate Park, in Shipley, West Yorkshire Police said. | The boy was attacked at about 16:40 BST at the Carnegie Skate Park, in Shipley, West Yorkshire Police said. |
| He was taken to Leeds General Infirmary by air ambulance where his condition is said to be stable. | |
| Police are hunting for a white man, in his twenties wearing a cap and glasses and carrying a walking stick in relation to the attack. | |
| A police spokesperson said: "This is being treated as a critical incident and numerous resources have been deployed to the scene." | A police spokesperson said: "This is being treated as a critical incident and numerous resources have been deployed to the scene." |
| Witnesses have been asked to contact police or Crimestoppers. | Witnesses have been asked to contact police or Crimestoppers. |
| Hawarun Hussain, Green Party councillor for Shipley, said: "It is shocking. At no point do you ever think that your child is going to go to the skate park and get stabbed. It's just not expected. | |
| "The skate park is relatively new. It was the kids who wanted it. | |
| "It was meeting the demand of the children wanting a skate park where they could go and be safe and enjoy themselves." |