A 19-year-old woman is being quizzed by police after a teenager was airlifted to hospital with a stab wound.
Police cordoned off part of Commonwealth Close, off A2 Canterbury Road in Sittingbourne, around midnight and remain at the scene as an investigation continues.
An air ambulance was called around the same time and airlifted the victim, who is in his late teens, to a London hospital where he remains in a “stable condition”.
Police say the 19-year-old woman was taken into custody on suspicion of assault.
Officers are urging anyone who witnessed a disturbance or has other information which may assist them, to call 01795 419119, quoting reference 46/33242/25.
Neighbours say they were woken by the sound of an air ambulance landing in nearby Rectory Park.
One resident said: “My sister saw all the emergency services turn up. She said the air ambulance landed on the field around midnight with an ambulance pulling up and someone being put inside.”
Another one said: “I was woken up by the helicopter.
“There were two ambulances and four police cars outside. It was all a bit of a shock to see.”
The cordon covers a grassy area in Commonwealth Close and a house.
KentOnline was at the scene this afternoon and spoke to several people.
Prajesh Patel, boss of Woodberry Drive convenience store, just a stone’s throw from the incident, says reports of a stabbing are sadly “not a surprise”.
The 55-year-old, who has run the shop for 19 years, said: “You hear about stabbings all the time so it is no longer a shock.
“It feels dangerous as anyone can get their hands on a knife. Even for me, I am here in my shop with no body armour on.
“There have been a few violent incidents around here – one near The New Inn and one near the Co-op which happened around three weeks ago.
Meanwhile, Philip Harpum, 75, says the incident makes him more “certain” he will not venture out of his home after dark.
The Rectory Road resident, who has lived there for 20 years, said: “It is scary stuff and I’m definitely not going to go out at night time, not if it’s dark.
“The first I saw of it was when I had to go out this morning in my car, there were police here and there was a cordon.
“But I had no idea what happened.”
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