Attack Treated As Attempted Murder

19 January 2015, 08:18 | Updated: 19 January 2015, 08:20

An attack on a 16-year-old boy in Glasgow is being treated as attempted murder.

Police were called to reports of a serious assault on the teenager in the city's Beltane Street, close to Kent Road, at around 12.10am.

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: ``He was taken by ambulance to the Western Infirmary where he is detained in a serious but stable condition.

"The incident is being treated as an attempted murder and police are following a positive line of enquiry.''