Petrol station attack 'isolated incident'
An attack at a petrol station which left a customer seriously injured was believed to have been an "isolated incident", police have said.
A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and possession of Class A drugs following the assault, which happened at a garage on Bradley Road in Huddersfield just before 13:30 BST on Saturday.
The victim, a man in his 40s, remained in a serious but stable condition in hospital after being attacked by an assailant who entered the petrol station's shop with a bladed weapon, a West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said.
The suspect remained in custody, they added.
Anyone who saw what happened, or who had mobile phone or dashcam footage of the incident, was asked to come forward.
Insp Nicholas Kitson said: "We are well aware of the understandable concern this very serious incident has caused in our communities.
"I want to reassure residents everything possible is being done to investigate what occurred.
"We are limited in what we can say due to an arrest being made, but do want to clarify that, contrary to some rumour we have seen, this attack appears to have been isolated."
Insp Kitson added that the assault was not believed to be connected to "any wider criminality or incidents elsewhere".
Reassurance patrols in the Bradley Road area were being carried out, police said.
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