{"id":933305,"date":"2026-05-02T17:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/933305\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T17:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:07:19","slug":"four-teens-arrested-after-leeds-city-centre-mcdonalds-stabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/933305\/","title":{"rendered":"Four teens arrested after Leeds city centre McDonald&#8217;s stabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The youths have since been released on bail while police pursue their investigation<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Briggate, Leeds, McDonald's\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Screenshot-2026-05-02-at-143559.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Four teens were arrested at the restaurant\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Four teens were arrested at the restaurant<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Four teenagers have been detained following a stabbing incident outside a McDonald&#8217;s restaurant in Leeds city centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police and ambulance crews responded to Briggate after receiving reports of a disturbance at 9.08pm on 28 April, discovering a 34 year old man had sustained a stab wound to his abdomen. The injured man was transported to hospital for treatment, with his injuries not believed to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Photographs taken in the aftermath show police cordons established outside the McDonald&#8217;s and along the pedestrianised area, while detectives operated at the scene, gathering CCTV footage,<a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/leeds-mcdonalds-stab-arrest-knife-37102470\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"> according to The Mirror.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Officers were called to Frank Street at 6.11pm on Sunday (April 26) after members of the public reported seeing the man with the weapon.\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_police-stock.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Officers were called around 9pm\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Officers were called around 9pm(Image: Copyright Unknown)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">West Yorkshire Police apprehended four teenage males, ranging in age from 13 to 16 years old, at the fast food chain, situated at the junction of Briggate and Boar Lane. The youths have since been released on bail while police pursue their investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Authorities have not disclosed additional information regarding the circumstances leading to the incident or the sequence of events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A force spokesperson confirmed to The Mirror that the suspects remain on bail, stating: &#8220;At 9.08pm on 28 April officers were called to Briggate in Leeds to reports of an altercation. A 34 year old man was taken to hospital with a stab injury to his stomach. He is being treated for non life threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Four teenage boys aged between 13 and 16 were arrested at the scene on suspicion of assault. They are all currently in custody. Enquiries are ongoing by Leeds CID.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Witnesses to the incident are urged to get in touch with detectives on 101 or through the 101LiveChat service online, citing reference number 13260239777.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Ensure our latest news headlines always appear at the top of your Google search by making us a preferred source. <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=E&amp;source=gmail&amp;q=https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=liverpoolecho.co.uk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Click here to activate<\/a> or add us as a preferred source.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The youths have since been released on bail while police pursue their investigation Four teens were arrested at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,188,393,4884,12151,1860,35529,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-933305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-knife-crime","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-mcdonalds","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116506083483117110","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}