Man beaten with an ax – two hunted – Aftonbladet

On Saturday morning assaulted a man with an ax and truncheon in the Bishop’s Palace in Gothenburg.

Police chasing a red car that the suspects have fled in.

the alarm came to the police at 09:40. The assault took place in the victim’s flat in the Bishop’s Palace in Gothenburg.

– A man in his 40s was visited by two other men. He states that he was beaten in the head with an ax and a baton, says Peter Adlersson, spokesperson for the police, West region.

The man should also have been threatened with a gun.

Ford hospital

According Adlersson is no information that the man should have been carved in the head with the ax.

– the victim stated that he had an ax in his head, the way they’ve gone about, we know not, he says.

the victim was taken by ambulance to Sahlgrenska University hospital. Peter Adlersson do not know how the man’s state of health.

– He was talbar when we got there and was conscious when he was taken to the hospital.

When the police arrived at the scene they found an ax outside the house where the victim lives.

– we found an ax outside the house that we seized, says Peter Adlersson.

Chasing red car

Witnesses have seen that the two alleged perpetrators fled in a small red car.

– We have alerted it out now, says Peter Adlersson.

in addition, to interviews with possible witnesses and the apartment is blocked in waiting for the technical examination. It is unclear if the victim knew the offenders.

– We do not know what is behind. There is no indication whether they would be known by man since before. We will hear the victim as soon as possible, says Adlersson.

A preliminary investigation has been launched and the crime of the attempted murder, alternatively aggravated assault. Cedars-press services describe the man’s injuries as minor.