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An off-duty police officer was stabbed in the neck at an HMV store in Leeds moments after it opened for Black Friday sales.An off-duty police officer was stabbed in the neck at an HMV store in Leeds moments after it opened for Black Friday sales.
The male officer was slashed across the neck, face and hand at the city centre shop shortly after 9am. He was treated in hospital and later discharged.The male officer was slashed across the neck, face and hand at the city centre shop shortly after 9am. He was treated in hospital and later discharged.
The attack came hours before the band Busted were due to visit the store to sign copies of their new album. Police cordoned off a large area around the outlet while forensics officers carried out their work.The attack came hours before the band Busted were due to visit the store to sign copies of their new album. Police cordoned off a large area around the outlet while forensics officers carried out their work.
A West Yorkshire police spokesman said: “The suspect, a 36-year-old man from Leeds, was detained by store staff and has been arrested in connection with the incident.”A West Yorkshire police spokesman said: “The suspect, a 36-year-old man from Leeds, was detained by store staff and has been arrested in connection with the incident.”
Liam Hughes, a Big Issue seller, described the incident as “absolute madness”, but said the officer did not appear to be badly hurt. He said the store had only been open for a few minutes when the attack took place.Liam Hughes, a Big Issue seller, described the incident as “absolute madness”, but said the officer did not appear to be badly hurt. He said the store had only been open for a few minutes when the attack took place.
“It can’t have been open any more than five minutes when I’ve seen an ambulance that turned up outside. Another ambulance turned up and police cars started to arrive,” he said. “I started wondering what was going on, but then I’ve seen this fellow come out with the ambulance crew and he gets put in the ambulance. He was walking wounded, he wasn’t too bad.“It can’t have been open any more than five minutes when I’ve seen an ambulance that turned up outside. Another ambulance turned up and police cars started to arrive,” he said. “I started wondering what was going on, but then I’ve seen this fellow come out with the ambulance crew and he gets put in the ambulance. He was walking wounded, he wasn’t too bad.
“He looked like he had a couple of cuts round his face, maybe around his neck. It looked like he’d been in a scrap or something, but I didn’t see any major stab wounds.”“He looked like he had a couple of cuts round his face, maybe around his neck. It looked like he’d been in a scrap or something, but I didn’t see any major stab wounds.”
“About five or 10 minutes later, I’ve seen one of the police officers come out with one of those plastic tubes with a penknife in it and I sort of put two and two together and thought: ‘Someone’s been stabbed here.’”“About five or 10 minutes later, I’ve seen one of the police officers come out with one of those plastic tubes with a penknife in it and I sort of put two and two together and thought: ‘Someone’s been stabbed here.’”
Hughes said he did not believe the incident was connected to the Black Friday sales, but that there was a queue of about two dozen people outside the shop when it opened, and shoppers continued to wait outside while it was closed for forensics teams to investigate.Hughes said he did not believe the incident was connected to the Black Friday sales, but that there was a queue of about two dozen people outside the shop when it opened, and shoppers continued to wait outside while it was closed for forensics teams to investigate.