Teenager arrested after 16-year-old boy injured in suspected Hartlepool attack
Officers were called to the grassed area opposite the former Saxon Pub, in Easington Road, Hartlepool, at around 7.30pm on Thursday, September 24.
Police said a 16-year-old boy suffered facial injuries and that another 16-year-old was arrested on suspicion of assault.
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Hide AdA Cleveland Police spokesperson added: “Police were called by ambulance to a grassed area opposite the former Saxon Pub at around 7.30pm where they were tending to a 16 year-old-boy.
"He was taken to James Cook University Hospital with facial injuries and another 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of assault. He remains in custody and inquiries are on-going.”
A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called yesterday at 19.27 to reports of a teenage boy injured at a skate park on Easington Road.
"We sent a rapid response paramedic and an ambulance crew and took the patient to James Cook hospital with a head injury."