A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after another teenager, 17, was stabbed in front of shoppers in a Primark store in Nottingham city centre. The victim suffered a stab wound to the chest after he was attacked inside the shop in Long Row at about 11.30am on Sunday.

That normal day became one of horror when an outbreak of violence spilled into one of Nottingham's busiest shops. Police said a 17-year-old boy was stabbed in the chest "in full view" of terrified shoppers, with the victim taken to hospital with serious injuries.

OLD boy has been arrested after a teen, 17, was stabbed in the chest in a Primark. The 17-year-old was attacked in “full view” of shoppers at the store in Nottingham city

A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed in the chest in a Primark store in Nottingham. Nottinghamshire Police said the teenager was attacked inside the shop in Long Row at about 11:30 GMT on Sunday. Officers believe there was an altercation between a group of young people outside the store before the stabbing happened.

A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed in front of shoppers in a Primark store in Nottingham city centre. The victim suffered a stab wound to the chest after he was attacked inside the shop in Long Row at about 11.30am on Sunday. He was taken to hospital with "serious injuries", police said.

Officers believe there was an altercation between a group of young people before the attack happened

Nottinghamshire Police believe there was an altercation outside the Long Row shop in Nottingham between a group of young people before the stabbing happened. | ITV News Central

A Primark store has been taped off by police after a boy was stabbed in front of horrified shoppers. Emergency services are currently in attendance at the facility on Long Row in Nottingham. The victim, a 17-year-old boy, was attacked "in full view" of shoppers before the suspect fled towards Old Market Square.

A boy has been arrested after a teenager was stabbed in the chest in front of shoppers in a Nottingham city centre Primark store. The 17-year-old victim was treated at the scene by paramedics and rushed to hospital with "serious injuries" after the incident, which occured around 11.30am in "full view" of shoppers, police said.

A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed in front of shoppers in a Primark store in Nottingham city centre. The victim is in hospital with "serious injuries" after he was slashed in the chest with a knife inside the shop in Long Row at about 11.