Two boys hurt in Belfast stabbing

Two teenage boys have undergone emergency surgery after being stabbed in west Belfast

Two teenage boys have undergone emergency surgery after being stabbed in west Belfast. One of the boys, a 14-year-old, was last night seriously ill in the Royal Victoria Hospital while the other, a 15-year-old, was in a stable condition. They were injured when a fight broke out at Ardmonagh Gardens in Ballymurphy shortly before midnight on Saturday.

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