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This harrowing picture shows an X-ray of a 15-year-old boy's skull after a five inch knife was plunged into his head.

Amazingly the teenager survived the stabbing and ten months on from the attack has enrolled in college.

The boy and two other youngsters were attacked when they tried to stop a friend being robbed at a bus stop in Walworth, south London.

The muggers responded by using a kitchen knife to stab one of the boys in the forehead, another twice in the back and a third in the shoulder.

He survived because he was rushed to hospital with the knife still sticking out of his head and doctors managed to operate in time.

X-rays released by police show how deep the knife penetrated, while still missing the boy's brain. Surgeons said if anyone had tried to take it out he would have died.

The boy's two friends also recovered after the attack outside Tesco in the Old Kent Road on 28 November.

One of the muggers dropped a hat and his mobile at the scene and was arrested later at his home.

The boy, 17, was found guilty at Inner London Crown Court last week of attempted murder and two counts of GBH with intent.

He will be sentenced next month. Officers are still hunting the other two attackers.

Meanwhile, a 27-year-old man is in a serious condition after being stabbed repeatedly in Dudden Hill Lane in Willesden early today.

Good news for the victim, but if somebody stuck a 5 inch knife into my head and it missed my brain I think I'd be insulted. And if I wasn't sufficiently insulted then my siblings would take on the job.

I've never tried to stab anyone through the forehead, but I'd expect it would be difficult to control a knife in such a maneuver. I'm a little amazed that a knife could penetrate through a skull in the first place.

This reminds me of the story of Phineas Gage, which I learned about in some psych class. In 1848 an accident sent an iron pole through his skull. Because he survived it was a look into brain injuries as it relates to personality.

Fascinating stuff.

Look towards the bottom of the page on the right to see an artist depiction of the pole in the head. This is the image sparked when I saw zen's picture of the knife in the head.

Why did they take the first X-ray with his sunglasses on? (Maybe they were Ray Bans?)

Here are photos of a soldier who survived being stabbed in the head with a 9 inch knife.

ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow.

That was actually what I said under my breath when I viewed that pic, Sarge!

Not only did they stab him in the head, they also got him with the purple sharpie.

Australian time zone there.

Actually I cheated by about 10 minutes. So stab me.