Two more teens arrested over city centre stabbing

Specialist officers were deployed to the scene after the attack, police said

Two more teenagers have been arrested following a city centre stabbing that left a 16-year-old boy in hospital.

The victim was found in Commercial Road, Portsmouth, at about 17:25 GMT on Saturday with a suspected stab wound to his chest following an incident in Arundel Street.

A boy aged 16, from Leicester, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, whilst another 16-year-old, from Portsmouth, has been held on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. They remain in police custody.

Five others were previously arrested in connection with the attack and have been placed on conditional bail until April.

A 16-year-old boy, two aged 17 and an 18-year-old man, all from Portsmouth, and a 17-year-old boy from Gosport were all held on suspicion of attempted murder following the incident.

The injured boy remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition and his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening or life-changing.

Ch Insp Fifi Gulam-Husen said: "Incidents of this nature are rightly and understandably concerning to members of the communities that they happen in.

"I want residents in the city to know that we have been working round the clock to determine the circumstances of this incident, and identify those responsible."

She said the attack was thought to be an isolated incident, adding the force did "not consider there to be any risk to the wider public".