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| Five people arrested after woman attacked in Manchester hotel | Five people arrested after woman attacked in Manchester hotel |
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| Armed officers were called to one of Manchester’s most exclusive hotels on Monday after a woman with serious injuries to her neck flagged down police outside. | Armed officers were called to one of Manchester’s most exclusive hotels on Monday after a woman with serious injuries to her neck flagged down police outside. |
| Three men and two women have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the incident at the Hilton hotel on Deansgate. | Three men and two women have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the incident at the Hilton hotel on Deansgate. |
| The woman is being treated for lacerations to her neck, Greater Manchester police (GMP) said. | The woman is being treated for lacerations to her neck, Greater Manchester police (GMP) said. |
| In a statement, GMP said inquiries were ongoing. | |
| “Shortly after 11.10am on Monday 23 July 2018 police officers on Deansgate were flagged down by a woman with serious injuries to her neck ... | “Shortly after 11.10am on Monday 23 July 2018 police officers on Deansgate were flagged down by a woman with serious injuries to her neck ... |
| “Scenes are now in place in one of the hotel rooms and outside the hotel itself.” | “Scenes are now in place in one of the hotel rooms and outside the hotel itself.” |
| Two women in handcuffs were taken out of the hotel at around 12.15pm and put into the back of separate police vans. One was in pink pyjamas, the other in a white vest and jeans. | |
| Witnesses said they saw a woman bleeding from her throat run into a car park across the road. An employee at estate agents homes4u, opposite the hotel, said: “We saw lots of police and someone getting arrested. We locked our doors because it was a bit scary.” | |
| Anthony Hilton, 32, an employee at Wren properties opposite the car park where the woman stopped police, said he saw a woman lying on the floor with a 2-3in gash on her neck when the first police van arrived. | |
| He added that the woman was wearing all white and said he had heard other eyewitness accounts that is was a dressing gown. | |
| The five-star hotel occupies half of the Beetham Tower, Manchester’s tallest building. It also contains exclusive flats popular with footballers. In 2017 a penthouse owned by the ex-Manchester United player Phil Neville went on sale for £3.5m. | The five-star hotel occupies half of the Beetham Tower, Manchester’s tallest building. It also contains exclusive flats popular with footballers. In 2017 a penthouse owned by the ex-Manchester United player Phil Neville went on sale for £3.5m. |
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