Hunt as three teenage girls stabbed
A manhunt is under way after three teenage girls were stabbed when they got off a bus in a rural town.
The girls, aged 14, 15 and 17, had just got off a bus in East Street, Bridport, Dorset, when they were attacked by a man.
A police spokesman said the teenagers were rushed to the Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester where the younger girl is still in an intensive care unit. The others are being treated on a general ward.
All three are in a stable condition and are being comforted by their parents, according to police.
The elder girl had managed to contact police by telephone immediately after the attack.
Police sealed off the East Street area while the search was carried out for the attacker, described as a man in his early 20s with dark hair.
He was wearing a dark bomber-style jacket, dark tracksuit bottoms, a dark baseball cap and light-coloured trainers.
The First National bus was also closed off for forensic examinations to be carried out.
The police spokesman said: "It is believed that the three girls had taken the No 31 bus from Weymouth before getting off in Bridport town centre's East Street.
"We are appealing for witnesses and anyone with any information to come forward and contact the police as soon as possible."
