Otley Road incident: Everything we know so far as two women injured, man arrested and crossbow and firearm found

Yorkshire Post

Counter terror police have said a crossbow and a firearm were recovered after an incident that left two women seriously injured in Leeds.  Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) North East said it took over the probe “due to the circumstances surrounding the incident”.  West Yorkshire Police were called Otley Road at 2.47pm on Saturday following reports of a man seen with weapons.

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00:00Counter Terror Police have said a crossbow and a firearm were recovered after an incident that

00:07left two women seriously injured in Leeds. Counter Terrorism Police in North East said

00:12it took over the probe due to the circumstances surrounding the incident. West Yookshire Police

00:17were called to Autley Road at 2.47pm on Saturday following reports of a man seen with weapons.

00:24Officers found three people with injuries that had not been treated as life-threatening,

00:27the force said. CTP North East reported on Saturday night that two women were taken to

00:31hospital. The third, a 38-year-old man, was arrested and taken to hospital with a self-inflicted

00:37injury, it added. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said her thoughts were the victims of the

00:41incidents in Leeds, adding that she was being updated on the situation.

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