Police say eight teenagers have been released under investigation in connection with a stabbing.

Thames Valley Police has confirmed the arrests at Watford Junction in the early hours of last Saturday morning were in relation to an assault in Stratford Road, Milton Keynes, at around 11.40pm last Friday.

A man sustained a minor injury after being stabbed.

Dozens of officers attended Watford Junction with police vehicles dotted across the car park and station area and several officers called to platform nine.

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Footage shows officers getting onto a train before shouting “sit down, don’t move”.

A spokesman for Thames Valley Police confirmed six boys aged 17, one boy aged 15, and another boy aged 16, were arrested.

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Police on the platform moments before boarding the train where eight teenagers were arrested

A British Transport Police spokesman confirmed a knife was seized on the train.

They have all been released under investigation.

Anyone with any information should call Thames Valley Police on 101 quoting reference number 43190026844.

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