Five arrested after man stabbed and hit in Aylsham

Five people have been arrested after a man was hit with a crowbar and stabbed in an Aylsham street.

The incident happened in the Yaxleys Lane area of the town at 9pm on Wednesday, July 31.

A police spokesperson said:  “A group of men and women, thought to be known to each other, were involved in an altercation where a man in his 30s was hit with a crowbar and stabbed.

“An ambulance was on scene and he was taken to hospital with serious injuries but has since been discharged.”

The spokesperson added that three men in their 20s were arrested – one on suspicion of assault (GBH) and affray, a second on suspicion of assault (GBH) and a third on suspicion of assault (GBH) and possession of Class A drugs. Two women were also arrested – one in her 40s on suspicion of assault (GBH) and a woman in her late teens on suspicion of affray.

They were taken for questioning to King’s Lynn, Wymondham and Aylsham Police Investigation Centres. All have now been released on bail.