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A teen has been arrested after a man was “assaulted” by a gang of three and “attacked with a machete” in Walsall.
Police said the 38-year-old was injured in a “directed attack” on Croft Street at around 4.30am this morning (January 24).
He is still in the hospital today for surgery.
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Later, a 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of being injured. He remains in police custody while officers try to identify the other people involved.
A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: “We have arrested a teenager in connection with a machete attack on a man in Walsall in the early hours of this morning.
“It happened on Croft Street at approximately 4.30 am. We believe this was a targeted attack and that the 38-year-old was assaulted by three men..”
A police bar and van closed part of Croft Street in the town near Croft Academy after the accident.
A spokeswoman for Croft Academy said the school was open to students as usual this morning and that the incident did not involve the school.
The West Midlands Ambulance Service has been asked to comment.
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