{"id":246430,"date":"2025-07-07T22:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T22:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/246430\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T22:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T22:59:19","slug":"man-fighting-for-life-after-appalling-kings-heath-rush-hour-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/246430\/","title":{"rendered":"Man fighting for life after &#8216;appalling&#8217; Kings Heath rush hour attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A detective described the incident as &#8216;an appalling assault&#8217;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_kingsheath.jpg\" alt=\"The edge of the police cordon on Springfield Road in Kings Heath\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The edge of the police cordon on Springfield Road in Kings Heath(Image: BirminghamLive )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man was fighting for his life in hospital tonight after he was brutally attacked during rush hour in a busy residential street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The victim, in his 50s, was attacked on Springfield Road in Kings Heath at around 5pm today, Monday, July 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He was rushed to hospital in a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/kings-heath-police-incident-live-32012703\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">critical condition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A detective described the incident as &#8220;an appalling assault&#8221; during a &#8220;very busy time&#8221; of the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE:<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/kings-heath-police-incident-live-32012703\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/kings-heath-police-incident-live-32012703\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Kings Heath police incident live as residential street sealed off<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1751929159_577_0_kingsheath.jpg\" alt=\"The edge of the police cordon on Springfield Road in Kings Heath\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The edge of the police cordon on Springfield Road in Kings Heath(Image: BirminghamLive )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A police cordon was in place on Springfield Road for several hours this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> spokesperson said: &#8220;We\u2019re investigating after a man was seriously assaulted on Springfield Road, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/kings-heath-and-stirchley\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Kings Heath<\/a>, at around 5pm today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The man, in his 50s, was taken to hospital and remains in a critical condition this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;A cordon remains in place and we\u2019re carrying out CCTV, house to house and other enquiries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Don&#8217;t miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Det Sgt Shereen Ballentine said: &#8220;This was an appalling assault at what was a very busy time, with people walking and driving through the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cI\u2019d appeal for anyone with CCTV, dashcam or mobile phone footage to get in touch with us as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The force said &#8216;reassurance patrols&#8217; will be carried out in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Anyone with information about this incident should contact police by calling 101 and quoting crime reference number 4334.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A detective described the incident as &#8216;an appalling assault&#8217;The edge of the police cordon on Springfield Road in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,188,393,4884,16821,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-246430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-kings-heath-and-stirchley","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114814436450682404","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246430","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=246430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}