Girl, 14, stabbed in the neck after being attacked by 15 teenagers in Coventry metro.co.uk

A schoolgirl is recovering in hospital after being set upon by a large group of teenagers. The girl, 14, was chased by up to 15 others before being stabbed in the neck with a pair of scissors in Coventry. Witnesses said she was attacked shortly before 6.30pm yesterday. A resident said: ‘There were around 15 kids all on this one girl. They were kicking her before one stabbed her. ‘She had injuries to her neck and hand. People were panicking because there was so much blood coming from her neck.’ The girl was rushed to hospital after being found left on a grass verge and was treated for a two-inch cut to her neck. A girl, 16, has been arrested and the victim’s injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. A police spokesman said: ‘We were called by the ambulance service just before 6.30pm to say that a girl was bleeding from the back of her head.