Plymouth incident: Urgent manhunt to find suspect after 'serious assault' sees victim rushed to hospital

Off-duty paramedic had earlier suggested determination were aggregate 'victims'

The chilling social media station of a paramedic elaborate the grim quality of a "serious assault" successful Plymouth, it was thought.

The woman, utilizing the X username @ParamedicEm, posted connected the app astatine astir 11.45pm connected Wednesday, stating: "Awful what’s going connected successful Plymouth. Thoughts with the victims and my colleagues who are having to woody with it all." She ended the station with a breached bosom emoji and an emoji of an ambulance.

The mum referred to alarming scenes successful West Hoe, Plymouth, wherever emergency services person descended connected a residential road. Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed a "serious assault" had happened precocious connected Wednesday night, and eventually gave further item successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday.

But @ParamedicEm's harrowing tweet had alluded to victims, alternatively than a sole casualty, and suggested pramedics person encountered grim scenes. She shared her empathy with her "colleagues who are having to woody with it all" arsenic the concern unfolded. Since the tweet was sent however, Devon and Cornwall Police stated lone 1 idiosyncratic was hurt.

Paramedic's chilling station lays bare grim grade of trauma successful city

Serious battle happened successful Plymouth

In a connection issued successful the past hour, Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed the unit is responding to a study of a superior battle successful the West Hoe country of Plymouth.

The connection successful afloat reads: "Officers were called astatine 8.55pm connected Wednesday 22 January aft a idiosyncratic was recovered earnestly injured successful the thoroughfare connected West Hoe Road.

They were treated astatine the country by paramedics earlier being taken to Derriford Hospital. A ample fig of constabulary units stay connected country conducting extended enquiries and searches successful the country to find a antheral suspect.

"The brace are believed known to each other. A country defender remains successful spot connected West Hoe Road and the roadworthy has been closed."

Detective Chief Inspector Dave Pebworth said: “We person a ample constabulary beingness successful the country and enquiries are ongoing to find and apprehension the suspect. We judge this is an isolated incidental and determination is nary contiguous menace to the wider public. We would inquire members of the nationalist to delight enactment distant from the West Hoe country of the metropolis portion we proceed our investigation.”

Anyone who witnessed the incidental oregon has immoderate accusation to assistance constabulary is asked to interaction constabulary online oregon by telephone connected 101, quoting log fig 756 of 22/01/25.