An investigation is underway after a teenager was stabbed in Dale End
13:28, 13 Oct 2025Updated 13:30, 13 Oct 2025
The High Street entrance to Primark is currently closed due to a police cordon(Image: Reach)
A teenager was knifed just metres from the city centre spot where a boy was also stabbed a week earlier.
Police and paramedics were called to the junction of High Street and Dale End area of Birmingham city centre after a 17-year-old boy was attacked just after 6pm yesterday, Sunday, October 12.
He suffered serious knife wounds and was given advanced trauma care at the scene before being rushed to hospital.
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Several major shops and the main walkway were inside a cordon on Monday morning as forensics officers combed the area and collected CCTV.
The attack happened a week after another 17-year-old was knifed close by after a fight involving up to ten men broke out close to the entrance to the Bullring shopping centre.
Cordons have been placed across a walkway next to the former Zara shop in the Bullring(Image: Jordan Hart)
The boy was knifed in the arm after trouble broke out at 5pm on October 6.
Today, Monday, October 13, pedestrians and workers spoke about youths gathering at the Dale End area with trouble breaking out.
Mary Tanner, 68, said: “I’m trying to get to Primark but I’ve been told to go around the other side.” She added: “It’s obviously terrible to see this right in the middle of town. What has the world come to?”
Forensics officers have been looking in bins and conducting a thorough search of the city centre scene(Image: Reach)
University student Jason Warburton, 21, added: “This happens too often (in Birmingham ). Something needs to be done about knife crime.”
A worker in a health and beauty store told BirminghamLive: “We were closed and didn’t see anything. When we came into work today [the cordon] was already there.
“There’s often trouble around here. I think the roadworks and the McDonald’s closing down have stopped kids from congregating here as much, but it’s still not great. I don’t know why it happens.”
West Midlands Police said: “We currently have a scene in place in Birmingham city centre following reports of a stabbing.
“We were called to High Street, near Dale End, just after 6pm last night (12 October) to reports someone had been stabbed.
“A boy, aged 17, was taken to hospital with potentially serious injuries.
“Our investigation is at an early stage as officers work to establish exactly what happened.
“A scene is likely to remain in place into the morning and we would ask people to avoid the area.
“Anyone who saw what happened, or has information that could help our investigation, should call 101 quoting log 3142 of October 12.”