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Three more arrests after teenage boy shot

Martin Heath
BBC News, Northamptonshire
Ant Saddington/BBC A group of police officers wearing black uniforms and hats standing next to some police tape in a wood. One is pointing towards the right.They are standing on a path which has grass on either side. There are trees beyond them.Ant Saddington/BBC
The attack happened in Hazel Wood, Corby, on 11 April

Detectives investigating the shooting of a teenage boy have arrested three more people.

A total of six suspects have now been detained after the boy was shot in Corby, Northamptonshire, on 11 April.

They have all been released on bail.

Northamptonshire Police said the victim was expected to make a full recovery.

Police said the 17-year-old boy was attacked in Hazel Wood near Westcott Way, Corby, shortly after 16:30 BST.

The wood, part of the ancient Rockingham Forest, is on the edge of the town centre, opposite a boating lake.

The police added that extra patrols were organised in the days following the incident "to reassure the local community".

Ant Saddington/BBC Two people in white hazmat outfits, one with a black briefcase, are standing next to a white van. There is a police car on the road to the left of the picture, with grass either side of the carriageway. There are trees in the background.Ant Saddington/BBC
Northamptonshire Police say they are continuing to follow numerous lines of enquiry

The force revealed two days after the attack that the teenager had sustained a gunshot wound.

The latest arrests include a 45-year-old man from Corby, detained on suspicion of attempted murder, and two men from Kettering aged 75 and 47, who were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Google Map showing a road (Cottingham Road / Westcott Way). There is a large blue shape representing the boating lake at the junction between the two roads. Hazel Wood is shown with a small tree pictogram on the other side of Westcott Way.Google
Hazel Wood is opposite Corby's boating lake

A 20-year-old man was arrested on 14 April on suspicion of attempted murder, and a 54-year-old man was detained later on suspicion of attempted murder and involvement in the supply of Class A drugs.

A women, 41, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and conspiracy to supply drugs.

The police say detectives "continue to follow numerous lines of enquiry and are still appealing for anyone with information to come forward".

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