Liverpool teenager stabbed during Wavertree street brawl

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The man was stabbed on Smithdown Road near its junction with Lodge Lane

A teenager has been stabbed in the leg during a brawl involving a group of men on a main road in Liverpool.

Merseyside Police said the 19-year-old man was wounded at about 16:45 BST on Smithdown Road in Wavertree.

A police spokesman said he suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries in the attack close to the junction with Lodge Lane.

Appealing for witnesses, Ch Insp Jim Wilde said: "We do believe that those involved are known to each other."

He added that police want to hear from anybody who might have CCTV or dashcam footage.

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