Man, 40, and 11-year-old boy are taken to hospital with serious injuries after stabbing in Harrogate

A man and a boy have been taken to hospital after a suspected stabbing in a North Yorkshire village.

Police were called to a home in Beckwithshaw, near Harrogate, at 8.20am today.

Officers found the boy, 11, and man, 40, with ‘serious injuries believed to be sustained by a bladed article’, North Yorkshire Police said.

Both have been taken to hospital, the force added.

A cordon was in place throughout the morning outside the house near the village hall.

A man, 40, and a boy, 11, have been taken to hospital after a suspected stabbing in the village of Beckwithshaw in North Yorkshire at 8.20am today. Pictured: Police outside the scene this morning

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The road reopened at around 11.15am, according to Yorkshire Live. 

A police spokesman said the road was closed while emergency services attended, and will remain closed for several hours.

The incident was not connected to the nearby school, they added.

Yorkshire Ambulance confirmed they attended the incident but gave no further details.

One resident, who withheld his name, told Yorkshire Live he had heard screams at around 8.15am.

The man said: ‘It sounded awful. Enough for me to stop and look outside my window.

A resident on the street said they heard screams at 8.15am, with over ten emergency response vehicles flocking to the scene of the incident within minutes

Another resident said the area was inundated with police cars within five minutes of the screams. 

He said: ‘It was a case of every available police vehicle in the area coming. 

‘There were three ambulances, four or five unmarked police cars, three or four police vans and other three or four marked cars.’