Shock on the streets of up and coming town centre after horror 'attempted murder'
As shoppers and pubgoers milled about Westhoughton town centre on a busy Saturday afternoon, anyone passing through would not have imagined that anything out of the ordinary had happened earlier that same day.
READ MORE : Horrifying video shows van 'driving at people in the street' as police make attempted murder arrest She added: “Westhoughton is a really lovely area to live in and it’s really up-and-coming. It’s becoming a destination spot for visitors but I think there should be tighter policing in the area.A bar worker at The Victoria Inn, close to where the incident happened, said: “We’ve obviously seen it all this morning but we have absolutely no clue what happened.”
A GMP spokesman said: "At 1.36am this morning, police were called to a report of a male driving a van into a group of people on Market Street, Westhoughton. Officers attended the scene and a 27-year-old man was detained and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
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