A 16-year-old boy is in hospital after a “horrific” machete attack, police have said.
It is believed the teenagerswas approached by two young men on a moped, just before 2pm on Saturday, when he was walking in the area of Duncan Edwards Close, Dudley, West Midlands Police said.
The men attacked the boy before fleeing, leaving him with serious injuries to his chest and face, according to the force.
He was taken to hospital, has undergone surgery and is in a serious but stable condition, police said on Sunday.
CCTV and mobile phone footage has been recovered by police, who have appealed for witnesses.
Detective inspector Joe Davenport, from the force’s major crime unit, said: “This was an horrific attack in the middle of the day and it could easily have resulted in this boy losing his life.
“We’ve been working tirelessly since then to understand exactly what happened, and who was responsible, and I’d urge anyone with information to get in touch with us as soon as possible.”
Information can be provided through the force’s website or by calling 101 quoting log 2561 of 23 May.
Earlier this month, two teenagers admitted murdering a 14-year-old schoolboy in a separate machete attack on a London bus.
Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed around 27 times as he travelled home on a route 472 bus in Woolwich, south-east London, on Tuesday January 7.
Emergency services were called to Woolwich Church Street, near Woolwich Ferry, just before 2.30pm.
Kelyan, an aspiring rapper, had sustained a severed femoral artery and died shortly after medics arrived at the scene.
In an unusual move, Scotland Yard had issued CCTV images and named two boys as part of a public appeal for information.
Two boys, both aged 16, were charged with murder and appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday for a plea hearing.
The pair pleaded guilty to Kelyan’s murder and having a knife on Woolwich Church Street.
