A man remains in stable condition at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth after a stabbing incident on the Somers Town estate just after 8pm on Halloween night.
The incident occurred in the rear garden of Edgbaston House at Sedgley Close, where police and scene of crime officers spent several hours examining the area.
The attack reportedly began when the man lashed out at a 9-year-old girl wearing a clown mask, who was returning home from a Halloween party.
A resident, who wished to remain anonymous, described the scene: “She lived on the thirteenth floor of Edgbaston House. I heard a woman screaming the little girl’s name after the man attacked her.” They added, “The mum ran off with her kids, then came back with two men who stabbed the attacker.”
Paramedics arrived promptly and treated the man in the garden for over an hour before transporting him to hospital. Police sealed off the area with cordon tape and collected a large quantity of clothing as evidence.
South Central Ambulance Service confirmed they responded to a knife wound call at 8.36pm. The man is now stable at Queen Alexandra Hospital; no arrests have been confirmed at this time.
Police lifted the scene cordon just after midnight on Thursday, but the investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
Originally published by UKNIP.
