ARMED police have surrounded a house in Birmingham this morning
after a man allegedly launched a brutal machete attack in the street.
Witnesses described seeing a man with his face covered hacking away at another man at a bus stop in Tile Cross Road, with one saying the victim was "dripping in blood".
A 50-year-old man was later rushed to hospital by paramedics to be treated for serious wounds.
“He wouldn’t stop. He carried on hitting him.
“His clothes were red. His arms, elbows, his back were all dripping in blood.”
The witness added: ”It was madness. The victim was lying in the middle of the road.”
“One woman said some guy was at the bus stop and got stabbed with a machete. She said an ambulance came and took him away.”
The shocking incident took place on a quiet residential street as children were walking to a nearby primary school.
One neighbour said: “I saw lots of police and an ambulance by the bus stop.
“I’m shocked. I saw a guy with a machete attacking the other man.”
A police spokesman
said a 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault, adding
that a second suspect is at large after fleeing from the scene in a
blue BMW.
Detective Inspector Caroline Corfield, from
Force CID, said: "This was a nasty attack that happened in a busy area
in broad daylight this morning.
"We've already had
several witnesses come forward and I'd ask anyone else who has
information about what happened to contact us as soon as possible.
"At
this early stage we believe this to have been a targeted attack. This
kind of violence will not be tolerated and we need your help to bring
those responsible to justice."
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