POLICE are looking for a knife after an apparent attack in the Forest. A 19-year-old man was taken to hospital with leg injuries after an alleged incident involving a group of youngsters at Le Bourg.

There were reports of girls screaming at about 12.30am on Saturday.

‘It is believed a knife may have been involved and police are appealing for anybody who may have information to contact DC Savident in the CID office or Crimestoppers,’ said a police spokesman.

The force would also like to hear from anyone who might have seen or recovered a knife in the area.

An ambulance was called at 12.39.

It took an injured man to the Princess Elizabeth Hospital, but he was not detained.

One Le Bourg resident said he had no idea anything had happened until police knocked on his door on Saturday afternoon.

‘I heard girls hollering and screaming at about 12.30am. It woke me up, but I didn’t think too much of it as it’s a common thing around here these days.’

He gave a statement to the police, who told him there had been an incident but did not say it was a stabbing.

‘They had a good poke around my garden and returned with a metal detector. I asked them if they were looking for a body and they said, ﾓNo, something metalﾔ.

He believed officers had spent more than two hours searching.

‘There was a stabbing right outside my house around this time last year. I’ve lived here for 29 years and it’s gone downhill, for sure.’

The proprietors of the Deerhound Inn and the Manor Hotel said they knew nothing.

A spokeswoman for the Happy Landings said nothing had happened at the pub.

‘I locked up and gave two lads a lift home towards the Longfrie. I didn’t leave here until about 1.20am and there was nobody on the premises.’

She saw police cars parked as she drove along Forest Road.