Author: News Desk

A man is fighting for his life in a Manchester hospital after being attacked in Manchester’s gay village.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was left in a critical condition after being head butted in an apparent unprovoked attack in Manchester’s gay village.

The victim was reportedly attacked by a man who approached him and head butted him. The victim fell to the ground and was left unconscious. He went into cardiac arrest shortly after the assault.

He was attacked near to the Void Club on Richmond Street very close to Canal Street at 5:30AM on Sunday monday.

A statement from VOID left on their Facebook profile said,

As you may be aware there has been an incident at the entrance to void on Richmond street.

We would like to confirm this was not a customer from kiki/void and the individual was involved in an incident in the car park on Richmond Street.

A report from Manchester’s police force describe the attacker as an Asian man in his late 30s early 40s.

He was wearing blue jeans, a black t-shirt and wore brown boots.

A motive for the attack is not clear and police aren’t treating this as a hate crime as of yet.

Detective Sergeant Phillip Marsh of GMP’s City of Manchester Team said,

“This horrific and random act of violence has left a man in critical condition in hospital. The motive for the attack is not clear but do we believe it was a completely unprovoked attack on an innocent man.

“I urge anyone who saw the assault or has information about who is responsible to come forward and speak to police.”

Anyone with information should contact police on 0161 856 4402, 101 quoting the incident number 688 of 24/07/16, or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

Earlier this week a man was hospitalised after being set alight in an apparent homophobic attack on Teeside in the North-east of England. He was left needing skin grafts on his legs.