{"id":1047468,"date":"2026-06-24T17:12:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1047468\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T17:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:12:34","slug":"victim-in-hospital-after-fishponds-road-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1047468\/","title":{"rendered":"Victim in hospital after Fishponds Road attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A description of one of the suspects has been given by police<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fishponds Road at the junction with Hinton Road.\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782321154_551_0_CaptureJPG.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Fishponds Road at the junction with Hinton Road.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Fishponds Road at the junction with Hinton Road.(Image: Google Maps)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A person was <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/crime\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">attacked<\/a> along a busy Bristol road this morning (Wednesday, June 24).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The incident happened on the corner of Fishponds Road and Hinton Road, in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/fishponds\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Fishponds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/avon-and-somerset-constabulary\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Avon and Somerset Police<\/a> were called to the scene by paramedics after a person was injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They were taken to hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Bristol Neighbourhood Policing <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/facebook\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Facebook<\/a> page said officers arrived at the scene within five minutes of the call, but that the suspects had already left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Enquiries are ongoing to identify and find those involved in the incident, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One of the suspects was described by a witness as being &#8220;white, tall, of stocky build, with brown hair and balding&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police officers will be in the area throughout the day and anyone with information or concerns are asked to speak to officers. The cordon has since been lifted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson for Bristol Neighbourhood Policing said: &#8220;A scene was in place in Fishponds Road and Hinton Road this morning (Wednesday 24 June) after officers were called by paramedics to the scene of an assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;One person has been taken to hospital with injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening or life changing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Officers arrived on the scene within five minutes of receiving the call however the suspects had already left. Enquiries are being carried out to identify and locate the people responsible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;One of the suspects was described by a witness as being white, tall, of stocky build, with brown hair and balding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Neighbourhood Policing officers will be in the area throughout the day and we encourage anyone with either information or concerns to speak with them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;If you witnessed anything, or have any information which could aid our enquiries, please call us on 101 and quote reference 5226173667.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A description of one of the suspects has been given by police Fishponds Road at the junction with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1047469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8818],"tags":[9312,381,748,188,393,600,12716,4884,16,15],"class_list":["post-1047468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bristol","tag-avon-and-somerset-constabulary","tag-bristol","tag-britain","tag-crime","tag-england","tag-facebook","tag-fishponds","tag-great-britain","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116806206530600133","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1047469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}