Harley Barfield: Teenager stabbed in Haverhill car park dies as police launch murder probe

A police cordon at Strasbourg Square in Haverhill, Suffolk, where a teenager was stabbed.
An investigation into a stabbing in Haverhill, Suffolk, has become a murder inquiry after the 16-year-old victim died. Credit: ITV News Anglia

A teenager has died a day and a half after being stabbed in a car park in broad daylight.

The 16-year-old - who has been named by police as Harley Barfield - was assaulted just after 3pm on Monday at Strasbourg Square in Haverhill, Suffolk.

He was initially taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge and later transferred to specialist heart and lung hospital Royal Papworth.

A police spokesman said the investigation had now become a murder inquiry, adding: "Sadly, despite the best efforts of medical staff and brave resistance from Harley, he passed away this morning."

A 16-year-old boy who was arrested shortly after the attack on suspicion of attempted murder has since been charged with murder.

Suffolk Police said the teenager's family and some "key witnesses" to the assault were being supported by specially trained officers.

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