A 17-year-old girl is stabbed in the neck in Brierfield, Lancashire, and a 30-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Lancashire Police say they are called at 3.06pm on Friday to Wood Street after a report of a stabbing. Officers, some of them armed, attend the scene shortly afterwards. The girl is taken to hospital for treatment to a stab injury to her neck; multiple outlets report the injury is not believed to be life-threatening. Police say the incident causes concern in the local community and that extra patrols are provided later to reassure residents. The man is arrested shortly after the attack on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody, according to the reports. Some outlets describe the attack as occurring in daylight on a residential street and refer to video footage, but all accounts align on the location, timing in the mid-afternoon, the victim’s age, the nature of the injury, and the arrest by Lancashire Police.