Schoolboy, 13, rushed to hospital after being found seriously injured on Scots street
It comes hours before the First Minister is set to host a summit on youth violence following a spate of knife incidents
STREET DRAMA Schoolboy, 13, rushed to hospital after being found seriously injured on Scots street
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A SCHOOLBOY has been rushed to hopsital after being found seriously injured near a Scottish primary school.
Police have launched a probe after a 13-year-old lad was discovered hurt on Muir Road in Dumbarton yesterday afternoon.
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Cops raced to the street in the town at around 3.30pm after the alarm was raised.
Officers said that emergency crews headed to the scene after they received reports of a young boy being found injured.
The young teen was rushed to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow in an ambulance, where he is currently being treated.
Medics have described his injuries as serious but added that his condition is stable.
Officers have launched an investigation into the incident and said enquiries are ongoing.
The force said they are working to establish the full circumstances of the incident.
Muir Road is a residential street located in the north of Dumbarton, near Glasgow, close to Aitkenbar and St Peter's Primary School.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: 'Around 3.30pm on Wednesday, 11 June, we received a report of a person found injured in the Muir Road area of Dumbarton.
'Emergency services attended, and a 13-year-old boy was taken to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow.
"Hospital staff describe his injuries as serious but stable.
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'Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.'
News of the incident comes hours before the First Minister is set to host a summit on youth violence following a spate of knife incidents.
Thursday's summit will hear from the justice and education secretaries, ministers for children and for victims, along with cross-party MSPs, youth workers and those delivering violence reduction in Scotland.
John Swinney is set to lead discussions to hear young people's and families' experiences and ideas on possible solutions.
And it will focus on education and community engagement with young people and possible strategies for preventing them from turning to anti-social behaviour or carrying a weapon.
It also comes as teachers report rising levels of classroom violence and misogynistic behaviour among pupils.
Angela Constance, the Justice Secretary, has admitted that "more needs to be done" to clamp down on violence.
KNIFE CRIME CRACKDOWN
Earlier this month, the Scottish Government pledged that funding for the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit will rise by 7 per cent to £1.217 million, which reversed earlier plans to cut its budget.
Despite several high-profile recent murders among teenagers, Police Scotland said that serious assaults by those aged 11 to 18 fell by 27 per cent between 2019/20 and 2024/25, from 428 to 313.
Ahead of today's meeting, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton called for greater investment in youth work.
Mr Cole-Hamilton, who was a youth worker before becoming an MSP, accused the SNP of presiding over the "quiet death" of youth work.
He said: "For the best part of 20 years, I was a youth worker, helping some of the most disengaged young people get their lives back on track.
"That experience taught me that no child is inherently bad. Most of the time, they are just in need of some direction, a need that has only been fuelled by the isolating impact of lockdown.
"That's where youth work comes in: it provides young people with the direction they need and gives them a positive adult role model who is neither a teacher nor a parent.
"It teaches teenagers to come out of their comfort zone, helps them rebuild their sense of self-worth and fosters a whole host of key life skills.
"Since the pandemic, however, the SNP have presided over the quiet death of youth work. Budgets have been squeezed, services have struggled to survive, just when we need them the most.
"While acts of violence require a strong response, punishing predominantly law-abiding young people cannot be our broader solution.
"We need youth work to pre-empt and prevent those acts of violence, to properly engage young people in society and lay the foundations for them to succeed in life."
The Scottish Government has been approached for comment.
Mr Swinney was last month warned that 'weak and reckless' justice system is costing lives amid alarm at a deadly knife crime wave.
Scottish Tories leader Russell Findlay accused the First Minister of 'fuelling youth violence' amid a 'sickening' 600 per cent rise in serious assaults committed by teens in five years.
The Holyrood showdown came after day tripper Kayden Moy, 16, was allegedly stabbed to death at Irvine beach in Ayrshire on May 17.
In a separate reported incident, another teen was allegedly stabbed at Portobello Beach in Edinburgh the day before.
Meanwhile, Scotland's top cop called for a crackdown on violence in schools after we revealed a boy of seven allegedly took a blade into Heathfield Primary in Ayr to attack another pupil.
We also told how a 10-year-old lad was threatened with a blade by a tearaway classmate in Kilmarnock.
A boy of the same age was reported to authorities over the incident.
Last month, a 14-year-old thug was locked up for five years for killing Kory McCrimmon, 16, in Glasgow in a fight over £50.
And a group of teenagers are currently facing charges in connection with the death of 15-year-old Glasgow teen Amen Teklay.
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