Fourth teenage boy arrested in connection with Chandler’s Ford serious assault investigation

Fourth teenage boy arrested in connection with Chandler’s Ford serious assault investigation

Detectives have arrested a fourth boy in connection with their investigation into a serious assault in Chandler’s Ford.

The 16-year-old from Southampton was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Police have also been granted an extension at court, giving them an additional 36 hours to question a 16-year-old and 17-year-old, both from Southampton.

The pair were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Monday morning (2 November).

Meanwhile, a 16-year-old boy from Bristol also remains in police custody, having been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Monday night.

The investigation was launched after five boys, who had been invited to a supervised party at an address in Park Road, were stabbed just after 10.30pm on Saturday.

It was established by officers at the scene that an uninvited group had jumped a fence in the garden, before seriously assaulting the victims, three who are aged 16 and two aged 17, there and in surrounding streets.

Four of the boys suffered serious injuries and have now been discharged from hospital. The fifth, aged 17, does remain in hospital in a life-threatening condition.

As part of our ongoing enquiries, officers have carried out searches at three addresses linked to those arrested, two in Southampton and one in Bristol.

Several items have been seized from those properties, forming part of our continued investigation.

Since the investigation started, we have been contacted by a number of witnesses and have spoken with many. If you have contacted us, then you do not need to contact again, we will be in touch with you as soon as we can.

If you have any information which could assist us, no matter how small it may seem to you, it may be key to our enquiries.

You can submit this by going to our information portal, which sends updates straight to the investigation team: Public Portal

If you cannot share information this way, you can call 101, and quote the reference 44260534624.

You can also submit information, 100 per cent anonymously, through the independent charity Crimestoppers, by calling 0800 555 111, or on their website: Independent UK charity taking crime information anonymously | Crimestoppers