Police hunt gang after Wigan teenager is stabbed in the neck during horror attack

Two young women have told Wigan Today how they desperately tended to the 17-year-old’s wounds, fearing he was going to bleed to death.

Ella Wilson, 20, and Ellie Zarkou, 21, who live at Markland Court in Frog Lane outside which the attack took place, say they saw four people who looked to be in their late 20s and early 30s make their getaway in a van.

The boy was assaulted at around 10pm on the evening of Thursday September 15 and 24 hours later a forensic tent and police officers were still at the scene.

Ella said: “I was just in the kitchen when I heard this loud bang, looked out and there were three men and a woman attacking this lad.

"They were dragging him into the bushes and had him by his arms and legs then they started beating him up.

"He tried to fight back.

"They ran off to a white van with a sliding door on the side which drove off towards Wigan town centre.

"I jumped out of the window. The poor lad was standing there with blood jetting from his neck, holding his hand to it.

"I asked him to show me his injuries and he showed me his arms.

"He had this 4ins gash down to the bone on his right forearm and he had a big cut on his right hand from thumb to wrist. We got him down on the ground.

"Ellie rang for an ambulance telling them that his life was in danger while we tried to staunch the bleeding with towels.”

The women said that paramedics were on the scene very quickly and he was taken to hospital.

Ella said: “I thought he was going to die. It was horrible.”

The incident had initially been reported as a shooting, but it is now thought that only a knife was involved.

A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: “At around 10pm on Thursday September 15 we were called to a report of a stabbing at an address on Frog Lane, Wigan.

“A man remains in hospital with serious injuries.

“A scene is currently in place on Frog Lane, Wigan with no wider disruption to the area.

“No arrests have been made yet in relation to this incident.

“Inquires are ongoing. Anyone with information should contact 101 quoting 3484 15/09/2022.”