Teenagers injured in knife attack

Two teenagers were seriously injured in a knife attack in a car park in Watford - just hours before a high-profile anti-knife-crime drive in the town.

The 19-year-olds were walking from the Flag pub in Station Road in the early hours when they had an altercation with four men and a woman in a silver car.

The car stopped and they were chased into the pub car park and stabbed.

The attackers were described as four white men and one white woman, all in their late teens to early 20s.

One of the men was described as being of slim to medium build, 5ft 10in (178cm) to 6ft (183cm), clean-shaven, with dark, spiky hair. He wore blue jeans and a green t-shirt with a white motif on the front.

Another of the attackers has a skinhead haircut, and is thought to have been wearing a polo-type top with a striped pattern.

The woman was in her late teens to early 20s with shoulder-length blonde hair.

Both victims, who are from the Watford area, were taken to hospital for treatment. One has been released while the other remains in a stable condition.