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Murder attempt man badly injured | Murder attempt man badly injured |
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An attack on a 26-year-old man in Glasgow's city centre is being treated as attempted murder. | An attack on a 26-year-old man in Glasgow's city centre is being treated as attempted murder. |
Police said the man appeared to be the victim of a "totally unprovoked" assault at about 0320 BST in the city's West George Street. | Police said the man appeared to be the victim of a "totally unprovoked" assault at about 0320 BST in the city's West George Street. |
The man, who was accompanied by family and friends, was standing outside the Frankenstein pub when the attack took place. | |
He is in a serious condition in Glasgow's Royal Infirmary. | He is in a serious condition in Glasgow's Royal Infirmary. |
The man responsible for the assault is described as white with a dark complexion, 25, slim build, 5ft 9in tall, with black hair and wearing a yellow T shirt. | The man responsible for the assault is described as white with a dark complexion, 25, slim build, 5ft 9in tall, with black hair and wearing a yellow T shirt. |
Det Sgt Duncan Cameron, from Strathclyde Police, appealed for information. | Det Sgt Duncan Cameron, from Strathclyde Police, appealed for information. |
"This appears to be a totally unprovoked attack on this young man, and I would appeal to anyone who was in the area around Frankenstein's or West George Street around 0320 BST and witnessed the incident to contact me. | "This appears to be a totally unprovoked attack on this young man, and I would appeal to anyone who was in the area around Frankenstein's or West George Street around 0320 BST and witnessed the incident to contact me. |
"I am particularly keen to trace two women who became involved in an altercation with two men outside Frankenstein's a short time before the assault took place." | "I am particularly keen to trace two women who became involved in an altercation with two men outside Frankenstein's a short time before the assault took place." |
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