Updated: February 4, 2021, 11:13 pm
Police are investigating three incidents in the Kilmarnock area (Joe Giddens/PA)
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A hospital was placed under lockdown as police dealt with a serious incident in the grounds and two others in the area.
Police said they are dealing with three “potentially linked incidents” in the Kilmarnock area, the first of which happened at around 7.45pm outside University Hospital Crosshouse.
The second incident took place around 20 minutes later on Portland Street, and the third, a serious road crash on the A76, at around 8.30pm.
One person stabbed and hospital locked down amid three serious incidents
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Updated: 09:52, 05 February 2021
One person was stabbed and a hospital placed in lockdown as police dealt with three serious âpotentially linked incidentsâ in Ayrshire.
The PA news agency understands at least one person was stabbed during one of the incidents which took place in and around Kilmarnock on Thursday night.
The first happened at around 7.45pm outside University Hospital Crosshouse, which was locked down for several hours.
Another incident took place around 20 minutes later on Portland Street in Kilmarnock, before a serious road crash happened on the A76 at around 8.30pm.
At least one person was stabbed and a hospital placed in lockdown during three serious “potentially linked incidents” in Kilmarnock, Scotland. The first happened at around 7.45pm outside University Hospital Crosshouse, which was locked down for several hours. Another incident took place around 20 minutes later on Portland Street in Kilmarnock, before a serious road crash happened on the A76 at around 8.30pm. Police said the incidents are not.
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