A dad was left shocked and angry after his teenage son was confronted by a masked gang in Huddersfield town centre. © PA There has been a spate of serious incidents involving knives in Huddersfield in recent months. The dad says his 14-year-old was with two friends near McDonald’s on a weekday evening when a large group of young teenagers ran toward them. Members of the gang had their faces covered and two had pulled out knives, he said. “He was pushed up against a wall and was asked, ‘what you doing round our ends – what you doing round town?’.” Read More: Tragic final days of ‘brilliant’ Yorkshire character and dad-of-six The three boys managed to get away and the incident was not reported to the police due to fears of being labelled a ‘grass’, according to the boy’s dad, who is well known in Huddersfield but asked not to be named. “He was minding his own business when these lads in balaclavas ran up to him. He was terrified. I got a phone call half an hour later – I was fuming. If I had known I would have run down there myself – that would have been
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