Five arrested in ‘murder’ probe as 18-year-old dies after being stabbed before ‘being driven in car & left at hospital’

FIVE men have been arrested after an 18-year-old man was reportedly stabbed to death and then abandoned outside a hospital.

The victim is thought to have been attacked in Dale Close in Poole, Dorset, before being bundled into a car.

He was then driven approximately a mile and left injured outside Poole Hospital where he was found at 2.13am on Friday.

Medical staff rushed him inside for emergency treatment but he could not be saved and was pronounced dead soon after.

Dorset Police have informed the teen’s family and launched a murder probe.

A cordon remains in place in Dale Close while forensic officers search the scene.

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Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder, a 20-year-old man from Poole and two men – aged 36 and 38 – from Bournemouth.

While two 22-year-old men have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

All five men remain in police custody.

Detective superintendent Neil Third of Dorset Police said: “We have informed the victim’s family of these latest developments and our thoughts are with them at this incredibly difficult time.

“We do not underestimate the concern and upset that an incident of this nature will have in the community.

“We would like to reassure that we have acted quickly in making arrests and progressing our investigation.

“We still need help from the public and would reiterate our appeal for anyone with information—or relevant home CCTV, doorbell camera or dashcam footage—from Dale Close or Longfleet Road around the relevant time to please come forward.”