Man suffers ‘wound’ after row at University of Portsmouth library spills out into Ravelin Park
A cordon had been put in place at Ravelin Park in Cambridge Road. Hundreds of students use the library each day and the library remains open.
Second year student Harrison Simpson, 21, said he understood an incident had spilled out into the park after an argument in the library.
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Hide AdHe said: ‘I heard there was an argument in the library and one of them was stabbed in the hand.
‘The library is still open – it didn't happen there but it happen just outside the park – that was all closed off. It's now just re-opened.’
The Southsea-based mechanical engineering student spotted the incident.
A Hampshire police spokesman said: ‘We were called at 3.50pm.
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Hide Ad‘A man in his 20s received a minor wound to his hand after an altercation in Ravelin Park.
‘He has been taken to Queen Alexandra Hospital. Enquiries are ongoing.'
The incident has occurred after Hampshire Police have spent recent weeks highlighting the growing issue of knife crime and running a series of workshops with local youngsters.