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At around 12:30 am on Friday morning, masked men stormed into a house on Station Road in Leicestershire, attacking a family. The victims included a 15-year-old boy and his father, a man in his 50s, who are both critically injured and hospitalized in life-threatening condition. The mother of the teenager, aged in her 40s, sustained minor injuries to her hand and shoulder and has been discharged from hospital. Three other children present at the scene were unharmed. Armed police responded to the incident but arrived too late as the attackers had already fled. As of Friday afternoon, the house remained cordoned off with a forensic investigation vehicle on site. Detective Inspector Lorna Granville stated that the attack appears completely unprovoked and her team is working to determine the motive behind this violent crime.
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A 15-year-old boy and his father are fighting for their lives after being stabbed by masked men who stormed their home in a 'completely unprovoked' attack.
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Armed police rushed to the home in Thurnby, Leicestershire, after reports of the break-in during the early hours of yesterday morning.
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police → rush → morning
Two masked men entered the house at around 12.30am and assaulted three people, police said, in a 'violent attack against a family'.
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police → enter → family
The third victim was the boy’s mother, aged in her 40s, who suffered minor injuries to her hand and shoulder.
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The boy and his father, a man in his 50s, remain in hospital in a life-threatening condition.
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boy → remain → condition
Three other children who were in the house were not injured.
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The force said armed officers were deployed to the scene, but the masked men had already fled the area before they arrived.
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On Friday afternoon, a forensic investigation vehicle could be seen outside the address, which is cordoned off with a police officer standing guard.
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Detective Inspector Lorna Granville, from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, said the attack appears to have been 'completely unprovoked' and officers are trying to understand the motive.
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Armed police rushed to the home in Thurnby, Leicestershire, after reports of the break-in during the early hours of yesterday morning
The boy and his father – a man in his 50s – remain in hospital in a life-threatening condition following the attack
Police and forensic investigators at the scene in Thurnby, Leicestershire
On Friday afternoon, a forensic investigation vehicle could be seen outside the address, which is cordoned off with a police officer standing guard
She said: 'This was a violent attack against a family in their own home which appears to have been completely unprovoked.
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Our investigation to understand what happened and why – and identify those behind such a horrific criminal act – is going to continue over the weekend.
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'I'm making a direct appeal to people in Thurnby and the surrounding communities to come forward with any information if they haven't already done so.
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We owe it to the victims to locate the perpetrators and bring them to justice.
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I'd like to speak to anyone who may have seen or heard anything suspicious, unusual or untoward in the area of Station Road and Somerby Road between 11pm on Wednesday and the early hours of yesterday morning.
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This includes anyone who was driving in the area and captured anything on a dashcam, or anyone with CCTV or doorbell footage.
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'Anything you're able to provide, no matter how insignificant you think it might be, could help us.'
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Several residents living near the scene said they were too scared to speak to the media about what had happened, but they described feeling unsafe.
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A man, who did not wish to be named, said he woke up in the middle of the night to see police and ambulance lights flashing.
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He said: 'We're really frightened and very concerned, and we're concerned for the people and all the children that were witnessing it.
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'They're very nice people who keep themselves to themselves and (are) good neighbours.'
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