{"id":405581,"date":"2025-09-07T15:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T15:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/405581\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T15:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T15:46:11","slug":"hunt-launched-for-two-attackers-after-man-taken-to-hospital-with-face-injuries-in-rutherglen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/405581\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunt launched for two attackers after man taken to hospital with face injuries in Rutherglen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A hunt has been launched for two people who attacked a man and left him with serious facial injuries in South Lanarkshire. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 22-year-old was walking at Westmuir Place, Rutherglen, at around 11pm on Wednesday, September 3, when he was approached by two men.<\/p>\n<p>The pair attacked the man, who attended Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment to serious facial injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects are described as\u00a0white, with one around 5ft 11 inches in height, wearing a white t-shirt, while the other is around  5ft 8 inches tall, wearing dark clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Officers have been checking any relevant CCTV footage from in and around the area for additional information on the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Detective constable Ross Meldrum said: \u201cThis attack has left the victim with serious injuries, and it is vital we trace the individuals responsible.<\/p>\n<p>We are appealing to anyone who may have seen the two men described around Penman Avenue or Westmuir Place on Wednesday evening to get in touch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn particular we would like to hear from anyone with private CCTV or dash-cam footage which could be of significance to the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on <strong>101<\/strong>, quoting incident number 3771 of Wednesday, September 3, 2025. Alternatively, you can speak to Crimestoppers anonymously on <strong>0800 555 111<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hunt has been launched for two people who attacked a man and left him with serious facial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-405581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115163797907271291","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405581","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=405581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}