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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Ashlie Blakey

Teen left with two broken ribs after knife gang jumped him over Gucci clothes at Parklife

A teenage boy was threatened with a knife and attacked by a gang of thugs at Parklife festival.

The 17-year-old - who does not wish to be named - said he was set upon by around five or six males as he was leaving the Heaton Park site on Sunday night (June 12). The gang punched him and hit him around the head with a gas canister, he said.

He said one of the males then pointed a knife to his chest and threatened to stab him if he would not hand over his Gucci hat, sunglasses and man bag. The teen, from Moston, had to go to hospital after the brutal attack and has been left with two broken ribs, a black eye and bruising on his head.

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