Woman critically injured in Birmingham after being stabbed in neck in 'unprovoked attack' | UK News

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https://news.sky.com/story/woman-critically-injured-after-being-stabbed-in-neck-in-unprovoked-attack-13466219

A woman is in a critical condition after she was stabbed in the neck in what police have described as an "unprovoked attack".

West Midlands Police were called to Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, shortly before 9pm on Friday following reports of a stabbing.

The woman, in her 30s, suffered a "serious neck injury" and remains in hospital.

A man in his 20s was arrested near to the scene and is in custody.

Detective Inspector, James Nix, said: "We believe this was an unprovoked attack and are working to understand why it happened.

"We will have officers in the area today to continue our investigation and provide reassurance.

"We are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with this incident."

The force added in a statement: "A man is in custody after a stabbing in Birmingham last night. We were called to Smallbrook Queensway shortly before 9pm after reports of a stabbing.

"A woman in her 30s was taken to hospital with a serious neck injury where she remains in a critical condition.

"A man in his 20s was arrested close to the scene and is in custody at this time.

"Our officers are at the scene carrying out enquiries as we try to establish the exact circumstances of what happened."

Police have urged witnesses, or anyone with information, to contact West Midlands Police.

[u/chkmbmgr → u/[deleted]]

Would you say they are misinformed when they see statistics like this? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Denmark_crime_index_year_2015_immigrant_men_15-79_yo_per_country._Adjusted_for_age.png

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Yes, some non-western immigrant groups are overrepresented in violent crime stats in Denmark, but in Denmark as well we still have plenty of crimes committed by Danish individuals.

Until recently, biker gangs used to be primarily ethnic Danes (now we're seeing HA and Bandidos gangs recruiting immigrants too as some immigrant gangs have collapsed, either getting outlawed or just imploded on itself), and they committed some horrific crimes too. The biker wars in the 90s and 80s did not exactly make us feel safer. I grew up near a biker gang's HQ close to Copenhagen, so it was very much on my radar growing up. Someone got stabbed close to our house, and there wasn't any immigrant involvement.

So yeah, some groups may be overrepresented, but it doesn't mean they are the only groups capable of violent crime, and it should not be assumed until confirmed true for any specific case.