Police have launched an investigation after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed outside a McDonald's in Birmingham city centre. <br /><br />Emergency services rushed to the scene after the teenager was attacked in front of horrified shoppers and commuters at 4pm on Wednesday (18/1).<br /><br />The boy was taken to hospital for treatment to 'potentially life-changing injuries' as cops swarmed the city centre and hunted for the knifeman. <br /><br />Officers cordoned off a ramp leading up to Birmingham's New Street station and Grand Central, outside a McDonald's restaurant. <br /><br />West Midlands Police said patrols had been stepped up in the area and urged any witnesses to get in touch. <br /><br />A force spokesman said: "We were called after a teenage boy was stabbed in Stephenson Place in the city centre, shortly after 4.30pm on Wednesday.<br /><br />"The 13-year-old boy has been taken to hospital with potentially life-changing injuries.<br /><br />"We had more officers in the area last night to offer reassurance to the public.<br /><br />"People with information should contact us via Live Chat on our website or by calling 101 quoting log number 2795 of 18 January."<br /><br />A spokeswoman from West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 4.41pm to an incident on Stephenson Place, Birmingham along with police colleagues. <br /><br />"An ambulance, paramedic officer, a MERIT trauma doctor and critical care paramedic responded to the scene."
