By Roxy Simons For Mailonline
Published: 22:42 GMT, 8 March 2019 | Updated: 22:47 GMT, 8 March 2019
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Liam Payne has revealed he was robbed at knifepoint at the age of 12, after a '6ft2 guy' lured him and a friend to a remote spot to attack them.
Speaking to The Mirror on Friday, the One Direction star, 25, said he was 'lucky' to be alive when 'so many aren't', after the man wielded a 'massive hunting knife' at his face in Bilston, near Wolverhampton.
The Bedroom Floor hitmaker is keen to raise awareness about knife crime, and said of the incident: 'It was one of the scariest things I have ever been through in my life.'
'Scariest moment of my life':Liam Payne revealed on Friday that he was robbed at KNIFEPOINT aged 12 and admitted he's 'lucky' to be alive after the incident
'I was lucky, but so many aren’t... Something needs to be done. We’ve reached unprecedented levels of people losing their lives.'
Liam explained that he and his friend were threatened by the man, who point the knife at them, sharpened the blade, and rapped ominously.
Revealing that they gave the man everything they had in their wallets, he said they managed to escape by running as fast as they could and jumping onto the first bus they came across, even though they didn't know where it went.
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