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Arrests after pub stabbing leaves three in hospital

A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police said.

Two men and a woman were taken to hospital with stab wounds
Two men and a woman were taken to hospital with stab wounds (Joe Giddens/PA)

Three men have been arrested after a stabbing at a pub.

Officers were called to the Navigation Inn Wetherspoon pub in Birmingham at around 11:15pm on Saturday, West Midlands Police said.

Two men and a woman were taken to hospital with stab wounds, where they remain, the force said.

Both of the men were subsequently arrested.

A 19-year-old man was arrested just after midnight when officers chased him in a vehicle.

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He remains in custody on suspicion of attempted murder, police said.

A West Midlands Police statement said: “We’ve arrested three men after three people were injured in a stabbing at a pub in Birmingham.

“We were called to the Navigation Inn on Wharf Road in Kings Norton at around 11.15pm yesterday.

“We’re carrying out CCTV and house-to-house inquiries as the investigation continues.

“Anyone with information, including CCTV, dashcam or mobile phone footage from the area, should get in touch.”