Summary
A jogger may hold crucial information in a machete attack that left a man seriously injured, police have said as their attempted murder investigation continues. Gloucestershire Constabulary have released a CCTV image of a man who was jogging over the Millennium Bridge on the Honeybourne Line on Wednesday, August 19. Police have stressed he is not being treated as a suspect.
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The force were called with a report that a man had approached another man on the path just before the Millennium Bridge and attacked him with a machete, at around 5.30pm, before running away. Police said the victim, a man aged in his 40s, sustained a serious wound to his neck and was taken to Southmead Hospital for treatment. He has since been discharged and has made a full recovery.
Don’t let an algorithm decide what Gloucestershire news you see – click here to add GloucestershireLive as your preferred Google source. The incident is not being treated as a random attack involving people unknown to each other, say the police. Gloucestershire Police said two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the incident.
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They have been released on conditional police bail while police enquiries continue. Since the incident, officers have conducted numerous enquiries into the incident including a review of CCTV in the area and house to house enquiries.
Officers are now appealing for information from the public and they are particularly keen to speak to the jogger who was running over the Millennium Bridge at 5.34pm towards the scene of the attack, and may have witnessed the two men or what happened. Officers are now urging the man, or anyone else who was in the area at the time, to come forward if they have not already spoken to police.
Information can be submitted to police online by completing the following form and quoting reference 53260071857. Alternatively, you can provide information anonymously by calling independent crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online .
Report source: Gloucestershire Live
