Young schoolgirl, man and girl are injured in knife assault
A young schoolgirl, a man and a woman have been injured in a violent knife attack early this morning.
Police received a report at 8.06am and found a man with stab wounds and an injured primary school-aged girl and a woman in Whernside, Carlisle.
Police have arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of attempted murder following the stabbing.
The man, in his 50s, was taken to Cumberland Infirmary with a stab wound.
Police have cordoned off a residential street in Whernside, Carlisle following a stabbing where a schoolgirl, a man and a woman have been injured
Police received a report at 8.06am and found a man with stab wounds and an injured primary school-aged girl and a woman in Whernside Carlisle (Stock image)
A police officer in the area of the stabbing. Cumbria Constabulary confirmed there was no further risk to the public but police would remain in the area
The little girl is in hospital and in a stable condition.
Police said both the 55-year-old man and the 53-year-old woman who had been arrested had been injured and were being treated in hospital.
Cumbria Constabulary confirmed there was no further risk to the public but police would remain in the area during the ongoing investigation.
Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it , quoting incident number 30 of 10 June 2024. You can also phone on 101.
Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
