SERIOUS ASSAULT Wednesday 8th March 2017 – 08.10am

Three patients have suffered serious injuries after an assault.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Sefton Drive in Bomere Heath to the north of Shrewsbury at just after 8.10am this morning.

An ambulance, a paramedic area support officer and the Midlands Air Ambulances from Cosford and Staffordshire were sent to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “A middle-aged woman who was outside the property had suffered a stab wound to the chest.  After assessment and treatment at the scene, she was airlifted to a major trauma centre.

“A five-year-old man inside the property had suffered multiple stab injuries.  His condition was also stabilised before being airlifted to a major trauma centre.

“An elderly woman was also found in the property with a serious head injury.  She has been taken by land ambulance to a trauma unit after receiving treatment at the scene.”