Slough: Boy arrested after double stabbing at shopping centre

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Image caption, Police said the two men were stabbed inside Observatory Shopping Centre

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after a double stabbing at a shopping centre, police have said.

Thames Valley Police said two 18-year-old men were being treated in hospital after being stabbed inside Slough's Observatory Shopping Centre at about 17:00 GMT on Friday.

The force the men's injuries were not life-threatening.

It said the boy had been arrested on suspicion of assault with injury and remained in custody.

Following the stabbing and an unrelated attack in Chalvey at 20:00 GMT on Friday, which saw two men assaulted by a person armed with a golf club, the force was given temporary powers to stop and search people in Slough town centre and Chalvey.

The emergency power will remain in place until 22: 45 GMT, the force said it would review the order granting it to decide whether it needed to be extended.

A representative said a 35-year-old person had been arrested for the assault in Chalvey.

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