A TEENAGE boy is in a serious condition after he was stabbed in Colchester.

The 14-year-old was involved in what police last night described as an “altercation” with another teenage boy inside a property in Butt Road, Colchester.

The schoolboy is believed to have suffered six separate stab wounds to his abdomen and back area.

Residents reported seeing someone being carried into an ambulance on a stretcher at about 5.30pm yesterday.

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