A teenager has been hospitalised after reportedly being attacked by '30 boys' in East Kilbride.
The largescale disturbance unfolded around 10pm on Friday near to the Owen Centre with suggestions that weapons were involved.
An eyewitnessed described the victim as being around 14-years-old and 'jumped by about 30 boys'.
A Facebook post about the incident has received almost 200 comments, with one person describing what she saw, reports Lanarkshire Live.
She wrote: “I phoned the ambulance and the police.
“I stopped when I was driving past he was lying in the middle of the road unconscious. He was awake and talking when I left and went in the ambulance.
“Witnesses that seen it happen said 30 boys - about 16/17-years old - jumped him. Poor boy is only 14 and was only with one other boy same age - it’s absolutely shocking.”
The incident comes as locals describe rising tensions between young people in the area.
One local told Lanarkshire Live that tensions have been escalating in the area for weeks, with last night’s incident reported as a “riot” locally.
They said: “The young team are pulling blades out on people, then they getting beaten up.”
Suggestions from those online are that the tension has gotten so bad, that parents are keeping their children off school.
One person said their child hadn’t been to school “in nine weeks,” with a peer replying that she had “had mine off for six months."
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Another person posted on Facebook: “This happened to a young boy last week some time on Telford Road.
“The video made me feel sick. I’m terrified for my boy growing up and going to high school. It's so bad.”
Other comments from those who witnessed the incident reported “big hard 14 and 15 years old carrying blades,” and “no one should be attacking people with knives - this wouldn’t have happened back in our day”.
A Police Scotland spokesman confirmed the incident.
He said: “We were made aware of a disturbance involving a number of people in the Owen Avenue area of East Kilbride around 10pm on Friday (May 21).
“One male youth was taken to Hairmyres Hospital for treatment following the incident and enquiries are ongoing.
"Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 101.
"Information can be left anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."
