{"id":453525,"date":"2025-09-26T19:36:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/453525\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T19:36:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:36:42","slug":"helicopter-circled-over-bristol-in-hunt-for-youth-on-green-motorbike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/453525\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter circled over Bristol in hunt for ‘youth’ on green motorbike"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mum claimed that a “youth with a knife” threatened her and her children<\/p>\n

A police helicopter circled around South Bristol<\/a> to hunt for a “youth with a knife” who was riding a green motorbike earlier this afternoon (Friday, September 26).<\/p>\n

Avon and Somerset Police<\/a> received a 999 call from a mum who claimed she and her children were threatened by a “youth with a knife” <\/a>at Broadwalk Shopping Centre, Knowle<\/a>, at around 1.40pm.<\/p>\n

Due to the mention of a knife, firearms officers were deployed to the shopping centre and surrounding area, in addition to a National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter, which was deployed from the Almondsbury base.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe complete flight path of the police helicopter before it landed in Almondsbury.(Image: Flightradar24)<\/p>\n

NPAS said that the helicopter was deployed at 2.03pm.<\/p>\n

The helicopter flew over South Bristol, circling over parts of Knowle and Hengrove<\/a> to look for the green motorbike.<\/p>\n

It spent 35 minutes in the air before flying back to Almondsbury.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for NPAS said: “At 14.03hrs on Friday, September 26, a police helicopter crew from NPAS Almondsbury was deployed to the Bristol area to assist Avon and Somerset Police in the search for a stolen motorcycle.<\/p>\n

“Total flying time on the task was 35 minutes.”<\/p>\n

\"Close-upClose-up of the South Bristol flight path.(Image: Flightradar24)<\/p>\n

The suspect and the green motorbike was not found by the helicopter nor by police, who have remained at the scene to conduct patrols in South Bristol.<\/p>\n

Avon and Somerset Police said the mum claimed the youth made multiple threats to harm her and her children and a description of the youth has been provided to the force.<\/p>\n

The youth is described as a male who was wearing a white and blue hooded top, a black balaclava and was riding a green motorbike with no helmet.<\/p>\n

Enquiries are ongoing and police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said: “\u201cWe have received a 999 call from a woman who claimed a youth with a knife made multiple threats to harm her and her children at Broadwalk Shopping Centre, in Knowle, Bristol at around 1.40pm today (Friday, September 26).<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to reports a knife is involved, firearms officers have been deployed to the scene, with support from the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe informant has described the male as a youth, wearing a white and blue hooded top, a black balaclava, who was riding a green motorbike, with no helmet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe suspect has not been located, but officers are carrying out patrols in the south Bristol area and following a number of lines of enquiry.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny witnesses to the incident, or those with dashcam or mobile phone footage of a youth on a motorbike matching the description stated, are urged to call police on 101 quoting reference number 5225270821.\u201d<\/p>\n

To keep up with the latest on this incident, read our live blog here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mum claimed that a “youth with a knife” threatened her and her children A police helicopter circled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[9312,381,748,393,4884,10001,16656,10002,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-453525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-avon-and-somerset-constabulary","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-hengrove","14":"tag-knowle","15":"tag-south-bristol","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115272285633046627","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453525","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=453525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}