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Published Date: 14 July 2008
A YOUNG man stabbed at Scotland's biggest music festival was an "innocent victim" who was attacked as he tried to protect a female friend, police said today.
The 22-year-old was stabbed 11 times, suffering eight wounds to the body and three to the head.

He is in intensive care after the attack at T in the Park in Balado, Kinross-shire, in the early hours of yesterday, but police said he was making good
progress.

The stabbing victim was found in the campsite at around 12.40am, and police believe two men were behind the assault in the blue zone of the site.

In a separate incident, a 32-year-old man was found dead in his tent at the festival site.

The stabbing at T in the Park came as Labour called for more youth facilities to tackle teenage gangs and knife crime.

The party's candidate for the Glasgow East by-election, Margaret Curran, spoke out ahead of a visit to a project working with youngsters in the city's east end.

She said: "If we want to get serious about tackling knife crime and antisocial behaviour, we need to offer young people something to do.

"I won't be one of those people who talks down to every child in the east end, but we have to acknowledge that we have a problem with gangs of neds who are making decent, hard-working people's lives a misery. We need to face up to that challenge."





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  • Last Updated: 14 July 2008 12:44 PM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

I love to eat Sellotape,

14/07/2008 12:34:20
Some of the lesser known festivals, such as "S in the Park" or even "B in the Park," are much less prone to this level of violence. They also in many cases feature better bands such as death-metal kings Anäl Evisceration or retro-pop funsters Milo and the Headlice.
2

Feral Youth who make Gorgie Tony's life hell!,

14/07/2008 12:57:25
I work full-time and I could never afford the luxury of a T in the park ticket so how come a pair of tooled up neds on benefits can? What sort of scum takes weapons to a festival?
3

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14/07/2008 13:14:49
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4

Cynicaltalk,

14/07/2008 13:15:26
#2

They probably had their tickets supplied courtesy of us tax payers, via their case officers.
5

I love to eat Sellotape,

14/07/2008 14:05:12
In fact, let's ban music while we're at it, and all radio stations who play music. Let's, too, put a ban on CDs and MP3 players, and burn iPods in a ritualised ceremony. Only then will we be able to live an enjoyable life.
6

gus1940,

Edinburgh 14/07/2008 16:12:32
That's right - get a plug in for Labour as if they were the only party concerned about knife crime.
7

I love to eat Sellotape,

14/07/2008 16:47:25
If people want to dance, they can dance to the music in their head.
8

Lynnyloop,

Stirling 14/07/2008 16:55:35
I think the comments so far are completely ridiculous- ban pop concerts, stop all music?

I think people are making the wrong conclusions about the unfortunate stabbing that happened at T in the Park and also the man that was found dead.

Firstly, these events did not happen because of music. A whole host of factors could have contributed to this such as alcohol and drugs...admittedly these seem to be common at music festivals...but do we all think that people who do this kind of thing, only do it at a music festival? Do they only carry knifes to a music festival? No.

I attended T in the Park this year as a young female who works very hard for a living. The atmosphere was phenomenal and I have to say everyone I met was in very good spirits.

Incidents like this happen all the time on the streets so trying to blame it on 'music festivals' is wrong.

9

Jujane,

Edinburgh 14/07/2008 18:48:06
#11

I concur, well said!!! Knife crime is everywhere NOT just at MUSIC festivals. I was also at T in the Park and had an awesome time, everyone I met was in great spirits and the atmosphere was amazing!
10

Jock MacTamson 2,

Highlands 14/07/2008 19:07:00
I too was at T in the Park and thought the atmosphere was an improvement on previous years with the vast majority of people having a good time.

This is a over 3 days long with tens of thousands of people having fun. How many people are stabbed after football matches each year ?

Scotland and Glasgow in particular seem to have large populations of people who think it is normal to stab someone for very little reason.
11

nogi,

darlington 14/07/2008 19:45:40
i went to T and was in the same camping zone as the stabbing was. just found out about this its horrific. But its not the music as all music had stopped by this time. the festivall was amazing aswell.
12

Bien E. Bien,

14/07/2008 22:25:55
Whilst this stabbing is very unfortunate, it is perhaps not unlikely that such a thing should have happened.

Place 80,000 people together in any sort of environment over a period of a few days and it is quite possible (in statistical terms) that a stabbing will occur.

Of course, this is not to say that the perpetrator should not be punished - they should receive a very harsh punishment indeed. None of this "taking them to see stab victims in hospital" business. A double-digit prison sentence is more in order.

 

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