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12/12/2014
Emergency Department Evacuated In Suspected Gas Attack
A hospital's emergency department had to be evacuated following a suspected CS gas attack.
Police said a man "discharged a noxious substance" at Tameside General Hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne in the early hours of Friday.
It is understood a number of people at the hospital suffered effects similar to those of CS gas.
Police said a man was arrested at about 03:15 on Friday morning and taken to hospital after "deliberately injuring his head". Once at the hospital the man is believed to have released a noxious substance.
He was then further arrested on suspicion of possessing a noxious substance and other offensive weapons.
(MH/CD)
Police said a man "discharged a noxious substance" at Tameside General Hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne in the early hours of Friday.
It is understood a number of people at the hospital suffered effects similar to those of CS gas.
Police said a man was arrested at about 03:15 on Friday morning and taken to hospital after "deliberately injuring his head". Once at the hospital the man is believed to have released a noxious substance.
He was then further arrested on suspicion of possessing a noxious substance and other offensive weapons.
(MH/CD)
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