On their website, the police said: “It was reported a group of men had been seen fighting close to River Island on Church Street at 4am, and a 19-year-old man sustained a stab wound to the chest during the incident.”
They also confirmed a second 19-year-old male suffered a cut to the face and was treated in hospital before being discharged.
The man who was charged has been remanded in custody to appear at Liverpool Magistrates Court tomorrow morning.
Detective Inspector Sabi Kaur told the Liverpool Echo the police are “appealing to any members go the public who may have seen or even captured on camera any part of this incident” to contact them in order to aid the investigation.
