A boy was found collapsed in a bustling Warwick town centre street after a suspected hammer attack. Paramedics administered first aid in Coten End before rushing the 17-year-old to hospital with a serious head injury shortly before 5pm on Saturday, September 16.

The victim remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital following the alleged attack, which was said to have happened in Tapping Way, two miles south-west of Coten End, about an hour earlier. A 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man, both from Leamington, have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Anyone with information that could assist the police investigation is urged to visit www.warwickshire.police.uk/report or call 101 quoting incident 291 of 16 September 2023. Alternatively, information can be passed anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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