Counter-terror police have taken over the investigation after two women were injured in an attack involving weapons in Leeds.
West Yorkshire Police responded to reports of a man with weapons on Otley Road at 2.47pm.
Officers attended and located three people who had suffered injuries, two of which were women and were taken to hospital for treatment.
The third, a 38-year-old man has been arrested and taken to the hospital due to a self-inflicted injury.
Police at the scene in Leeds
Head of CTP North East Detective Chief Superintendent James Dunkerley said: "Although our enquiries are still at a very early stage, the circumstances surrounding this incident have resulted in Counter Terrorism Policing taking the lead for this investigation.
"From the enquiries undertaken so far, there is no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved in the attack, and, at this time, we are not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident."
Assistant Chief Constable Carl Galvin of West Yorkshire Police, who commanded the police operation, said: “Clearly this has been a shocking incident and we fully realise the concern it has caused.
“Due to the enquiry being active we are limited in what we can say, but I do want to reassure residents that everything possible is being done to investigate and understand what took place.
"We have an extensive number of uniformed officers deployed in the Otley Road area this evening to reassure residents and continue our enquiries at the crime scenes.
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Emergency services at the scene in Leeds
An eyewitness told GB News: "We saw a large part of the street was closed off and as we were walking closer the police officers told us to take a side street instead.
"There were several police cars and officers at the scene. An older woman was being tended to by the emergency services on the side of the road."
A woman, who works at Heaney & Mill on Otley Road, said some people had asked to hide inside the restaurant after seeing a man with a crossbow. She told YorkshireLive: "It was really scary, because obviously, you don’t get this happening in Leeds. It’s not normal. You hear about this stuff in America, but not on your doorstep. It was really scary."
She added: "I was at work at a nearby restaurant and some girls were sitting outside. They asked if they could come in and finish what they were having because they'd seen someone with a crossbow.
Police at the scene
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The incident took place along the Otley Run, one of the most popular pub crawls in the country, with the route through the outskirts of Leeds into the city centre attracting thousands every year.
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