Four arrested after day-light assault in Brighton left a man with serious injuries
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Police have arrested four people following an assault in Brighton on Tuesday afternoon (May 24).
The arrests followed a 'swift response' from officers to reports of a fight between a group of people in Western Road at 2.20pm, with some of those involved said to have been carrying weapons. Police said after an 'extensive search' they found a man in Elm Grove who had suffered serious injuries. He was taken to hospital by the ambulance service.
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Hide AdChief Inspector Andy Westwood said: “This was a brazen assault in broad daylight in the busy city centre that received a swift response from our officers.
![Police had responded to reports of a fight involving a group of people in Western Road on Tuesday afternoon](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/T0FLMTM4NzUxMDI1.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![Police had responded to reports of a fight involving a group of people in Western Road on Tuesday afternoon](/img/placeholder.png)
“Thanks to incredible teamwork shown by our Response, Neighbourhood Policing and firearms teams, alongside the NPAS helicopter, we were able to quickly get four men into custody."
A police spokesman confirmed two men – 53 and 29 years old and both from Brighton – were stopped by firearms officers in a vehicle and arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Two more suspects, 22-year-old and 21-year-old men from Brighton, were found in a local shop and arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, police said.
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Hide AdChief Inspector Andy Westwood added: “This was an isolated incident with no wider threat to the public, which is being fully investigated.
![Part of Western Road was sealed off by Castle Street](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/T0FLMTM4NzUxMDI2.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![Part of Western Road was sealed off by Castle Street](/img/placeholder.png)
“Anybody who witnessed the incident, or the events leading up to it, is asked to contact police online or by calling 101, quoting serial 775 of 24/05.”