Monday 1 September 2008

Four injured in goth knife horror

A knife attack on a radical of 'alternative dressers' near Leeds net week has left quaternary people seriously injured.


Police ar still investigating the attack at Rothwell's John O'Gaunts estate in the early hours of Thursday (August 28), which left peerless man with a severed ear.


A group of teenagers, said to be dressed in goth/emo clothing, were attacked after a grouping of boys leapt to the defense of two girls existence robbed at knifepoint. All had been camping overnight at Rothwell Country Park, according to the Yorkshire Evening Post.


A 26-year-old man is currently in a "critical simply stable" status at Leeds General Infirmary with head injuries, including a cut off ear. A 17-year-old son suffered head injuries and is in a stable condition, patch two further individuals cause since been released from hospital.


A man and deuce youths arrested on hunch of robbery and attempted murder remained in law custody yesterday.


It is understood that the teenage victims were 'goths and moshers'. Saturday (August 30) saw a gathering of alternative dressers gather outside Leeds Corn Exchange in a show of solidarity after the attack.

NME.COM user Sarah Webster got in touch to tell us that "there was a gathering outside the Leeds Corn Exchange [depicted above] of alternative dressers to point their financial backing and esteem to those who were injured whilst trying to protect others".



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