Armed officers from Lancashire Police swiftly arrived at the scene in Briefield, near Nelson, Lancashire, shortly after 3pm on Friday.

A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the incident in Brierfield, Lancashire.

Armed officers from Lancashire Police swiftly arrived at the scene in Briefield, near Nelson, Lancashire, shortly after 3pm on Friday.

A 17-year-old girl has been rushed to hospital after she was stabbed in the back of the neck in a horror broad daylight attack in Brierfield, near Nelson

The distressing daylight attack took place in the Lancashire village of Brierfield, near Burnley, shortly after 3pm on Friday.

A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

Police, including armed officers, swarmed the scene in Brierfield, near Nelson, in Lancashire after the girl, 17, was horrifically attacked

Footage shows a woman walking along the road in the Lancashire village of Brierfield on Friday, when a man walks up behind her, appears to grab her and then stab her in the neck.