00:01Police were called to disorder outside the bullring just after 8 on a Thursday evening,
00:07where a 17-year-old boy had been stabbed near the bull statue.
00:11He was taken to hospital and officers say his injuries are not life-threatening or life-changing.
00:17Even so, it was a knife attack in the city's main shopping zone.
00:21Detectives reviewed CCTV and spoke to witnesses through the night.
00:25Three suspects are now charged, 18-year-old Musa Gul and Zayn Hussein and a 15-year-old boy who cannot be named.
00:32They are accused of wounding with intent a fry and carrying a knife and have been remanded to Birmingham Magistrates Court.
00:39Two of the men aged 18 and 22 were arrested and later bailed with strict conditions.
00:45This follows the fatal stabbing of 34-year-old Katie Fox on Smallbrook Queensway less than a week ago
00:52and fireworks disorder across New Street and Dale End on Halloween.
00:57Police say these incidents are separate but accept the run of violence has unsettled workers, shoppers and the night-time trade.
01:05The force points to falling knife crime across the wider region,
01:09yet violence and sexual offences still make up a large share of recorded crime in the city centre.
01:15With the Christmas market drawing crowds, officers have increased uniformed patrols and plainclothes teams
01:22around key routes linking the Bullring and New Street station.
01:26Detectives are still working to establish how Thursday's fight began and whether others were involved.
01:32For now, three teenagers are on remand, a boy is recovering from knife wounds
01:37and the pressure is on to steady confidence in the heart of Birmingham.
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