Appeal Following Assault In Hunslet, Leeds

*Friday 23 May 2025*

Police in Leeds are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Hunslet yesterday evening.

Shortly after 5pm it was reported that two males with bladed weapons attacked a man in the rear garden of The New Bay Horse on Woodhouse Hill.

The suspects then left the scene on electric motorbikes.

The victim, aged in his 40s, was taken to hospital with injuries to his back and arm which were not believed to be life-threatening.

The incident is being treated as a targeted attack with enquiries continuing by Leeds CID.

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