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Arrests over festival murder bids | |
(about 6 hours later) | |
Police said the two injured men were found at the festival's campsite | Police said the two injured men were found at the festival's campsite |
Three people in their 20s have been arrested in connection with two attempted murders at the T in the Park music festival in Balado, Perthshire. | |
The incidents happened before midnight on Sunday when two 20-year-old men were found with serious abdominal injuries at the event's campsite. | |
The injured men are being treated at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee where they are in a serious but stable condition. | |
Tayside Police made 64 arrests at the three-day event - five down on 2009. | |
They confirmed that the force sent 450 staff to the festival and 229 crimes were recorded, which was down on the previous two years. | |
In a separate incident which took place on Saturday at about 2200 BST, a woman was knocked to the ground and sexually assaulted near to the bus parking area. | In a separate incident which took place on Saturday at about 2200 BST, a woman was knocked to the ground and sexually assaulted near to the bus parking area. |
The man responsible was described as white, heavily built, with dark shaved hair and wearing a long sleeved dark top. | The man responsible was described as white, heavily built, with dark shaved hair and wearing a long sleeved dark top. |
Tayside Police also said that a 19-year-old man was in a critical condition after falling from a flag pole within the main arena at the festival. | |
It is thought the man climbed the pole shortly after 2200 BST on Sunday. He fell about 6ft and sustained a serious head injury. | It is thought the man climbed the pole shortly after 2200 BST on Sunday. He fell about 6ft and sustained a serious head injury. |
He was treated at the scene by the on-site medical team before being taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee where he underwent neurosurgery. | He was treated at the scene by the on-site medical team before being taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee where he underwent neurosurgery. |