A TEENAGER has been arrested after a boy was threatened with a knife.
The victim was in Sheepen Road, Colchester, at roughly 1.30pm on Wednesday when he was approached.
Police arrested a boy aged 17 from Witham at North Station shortly afterwards.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: "He remains in custody for questioning after being arrested on suspicion of committing an offence under the Criminal Attempts Act."
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