POLICE have charged three teenagers after a man was allegedly stabbed in Falcon yesterday.
About 4.40pm, two boys and a girl approached a man aged in his 60s outside a house on Cobblers Road.
Police say the group had “knives” with them, and during an altercation the man received a “deep laceration” to his stomach.
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READ NOWThe victim ran behind a gate on his property to get away from the group.
Police were called and St John Ambulance took the victim to Royal Perth Hospital where he needed emergency surgery.
A short time later two boys were arrested in bushland near the scene and a girl was arrested in Mandurah about 7.45pm.
A 15-year-old boy from Dawesville, a 16-year-old girl from Halls Head and a 17-year-old boy from Falcon have each been charged with intent to do grievous bodily harm to another.
All were remanded in custody overnight and are due to appear in the Perth Children’s Court today.