Woman fights for life after stabbing at church in Coventry
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 4:06 pm
A woman in her 30s suffered a stab wound to the stomach
A woman was left critically ill in hospital after being stabbed outside a Coventry church.
Emergency services were called to St Margaret's Church in Walsgrave Road, Stoke, just after 3am on Sunday, April 8.
West Midlands Ambulance Service were first on the scene and alerted police to a woman who had been found with a stab wound to her stomach.
She was taken to hospital with serious injuries where she remained in a critical condition on Sunday afternoon.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "Officers are investigating a stabbing which occurred at around 3.15am on Sunday, April 8, in Coventry.
"Ambulance colleagues alerted police to a woman, thought to be in her 30s, found with a stab wound to her abdomen at St Margaret’s Church on Walsgrave Road.
"She was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where she remains in a critical condition.
"Part of the church remains closed this morning while forensic examinations continue."
Forensics were outside the church until just after midday gathering evidence from the scene.
The officer focused on one particular area outside the front of the church.
They gathered several items of evidence in brown bags which they took away.
One resident, who did not want to be named, said: “The doors behind had people going in, it was open at about midnight.
“There were people going into the church.
“I’ve never seen that and wondered what was so special to go church at that time.
“I then got woken up about 3am by the sirens and saw the lights of about six police cars.”