A teenager is seriously ill in hospital after an incident on a Colchester estate in-volving a samurai sword.
Colchester police have issued an appeal for witnesses and are looking for weapons.
A large group of youths is believed to have been involved in the disturbance in Conifer Close, near its junction with Blackthorn Avenue, on the Greenstead estate.
A 19-year-old man was taken to Colchester General Hospital with serious head injuries.
- More in today's Gazette
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