'It's very out of the ordinary for this area' - Shock among neighbours after stabbing incident on Great Barr street
There was a sense of shock among neighbours in a quiet area of Great Barr at news of a stabbing.
The stabbing happened in the early hours of Saturday morning (August 30) on Middlemist Grove, Great Barr and saw a man in his 20s present at hospital with serious injuries, while an 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody.
Hours after the incident, there was still a visible police presence at the entrance of the cul-de-sac, with a cordon at both ends of the road and over the entrance to the house.
It was an incident which residents living on the nearby Hamstead Road said was completely out of character for the area as they struggled to believe what had happened.
One resident, who asked not to be named, said he had heard the sounds of people running down the road and was shocked to learn what had happened.
He said: "I was sleeping when it happened, but I was woken up by what sounded like people running down the road, but it wasn't until this morning that I saw the police on the road and the tape along it.
"I'm very surprised about what has happened as I've here for 20 years and I don't think anything like that has ever happened here before.
"It's just very shocking and very out of the ordinary for this area."
Another resident, who didn't want to be named, said he had only just heard about what had happened and was struggling to understand it.
He said: "The first I heard about it was when I came down this morning and saw the police and I went to talk to them and ask what had happened, but they couldn't say anything.
"I've just learned about the stabbing and I'm shocked about it and very worried as I've lived here years and I've never seen anything like this here.
"This is an area full of older people and it's a nice community, so it's just really shocking to hear about a stabbing near our homes."
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "We were called following a stabbing on Middlemist Grove in Great Barr at around 1.45am this morning, August 30.
"A man in his 20s presented at hospital with serious injuries a short time afterwards.
"A man, aged 18, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody.
"Our investigation is at an early stage and anyone with information should contact us on 101 quoting log 336 of 30 August."