WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Teen left with FIST-SIZED hole in chest after brutal knife attack
THIS stomach-churning wound is the result of a savage stabbing which left a teenager “millimetres from death”.
Graphic images show the extent of wounds to 16-year-old Tyler Gane
The unprovoked knife attack on 16-year-old Tyler Gane left him with a fist-sized gash so deep it nearly exposed his heart.
The teenager was assaulted as he left a party with his twin brother in the quiet Wiltshire town of Dilton Marsh.
The schoolboy said the attackers asked his brother Loui where he was from before the man pulled out a knife.
The blade miraculously missed his vital organs
This could have been a murder inquiry quite easily
Tyler was rushed to Bristol's Southmead hospital and was given internal and external stitches, while twin Loui was treated for cuts to his hands.
Police said the youngster was a fraction away from being murdered but the blade miraculously missed his vital organs and he is expected to make a full recovery.
Tyler said: "I don't remember much. I don't remember actually getting stabbed.
“I remember walking off and all of my friends screaming.
"That's when I looked down and blood was all over my shirt.
“The paramedics were there trying to see how bad it was and taking off the jumper which I had on.
"That's when it started to sink in. That's when it hit me that I had actually been stabbed.
"It doesn't feel real. I'm still shocked. I think everyone is. Still people don't know why it happened or why he did it.”
Tyler was given internal and external stitches but is expected to make a full recovery
Mum Erika, 34, called on the attacker to come forward, saying: “He's not sorry and he's hiding like a coward.”
"I was shocked. I don't understand why anybody would approach a group of children and do this.
"It's not like this is a dangerous city - it's a small town. He's lucky to still be here.”
Tyler has been given time off school to recover
Police have admitted they have “absolutely no idea” about the identity of the suspect, who is described as aged between 20 and 30, with shortish black hair and wearing a blue jacket and either blue jeans or grey jogging bottoms
Detective inspector Paul Franklin said: "He slashed out at them with the knife causing one a very serious and deep lacerations to his chest, and the other brother some cuts to his arm.
"It's completely unprovoked and at this time we have absolutely no idea who this man is.
"This could have been a murder inquiry quite easily."
Police said they have 'absolutely no idea' about the identity of the suspect