{"id":359150,"date":"2025-08-20T10:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359150\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:08:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:08:15","slug":"crime-scene-investigators-tape-off-city-shopping-centre-as-man-rushed-to-hospital-after-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359150\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime scene investigators tape off city shopping centre as man rushed to hospital after attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man is in hospital with head injuries<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_HVR_MEN_200825_salfordscene3.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Greater Manchester Police officers were called to Salford Precinct after reports of an assault(Image: Kenny Brown)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Greater Manchester Police officers have taped off a city centre shopping precinct after reports of an attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers have been at the scene this morning (August 20), including crime scene investigators as well as a non-uniformed car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A large area, including lawns and pavement, outside the Betfred shop at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/salford\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Salford<\/a> Shopping Centre, on Pendleton Way, was cordoned off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It comes after police were called just after 5am to reports of an assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Never miss a story with the MEN&#8217;s daily Catch Up newsletter &#8211; get it in your inbox by signing up <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b8052254-66af-41f3-9dae-7bbb0e3391c6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Three men have been arrested, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> has confirmed,<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man was rushed to hospital, where he remains.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_HVR_MEN_200825_salfordscene5.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Three men have been arrested on suspicion of assault and remain in custody(Image: Kenny Brown)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The man has suffered head injuries, say police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We were called to Salford Precinct at about 5:10am today to reports of an assault,&#8221; said a statement from the force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Join our Court and Crime WhatsApp group <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/IuEiMBO5xcCLDUGbBHsvC1\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Following a swift response, three men have been arrested on suspicion of assault and remain in custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The male victim is in hospital being treated for head injuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man is in hospital with head injuriesGreater Manchester Police officers were called to Salford Precinct after reports&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,188,393,4884,2465,1290,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-359150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-salford","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115060546305409460","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359150","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=359150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}