A police investigation is underway after it's claimed a man looked like he'd been 'hacked with a machete' in Glasgow's east end last night.
The 35-year-old was pleading for help with a football top rolled up exposing horrific wounds in his back and shoulders. He was begging people to call police and attempting to gain access to a close on Shettleston Road, near Parkhead, around 7.10pm.
Cops raced to the scene with around eight police cars turning up and the close was cordoned off. An ambulance was also dispatched and the man was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
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Tiles on the inside of the close were streaked with blood and the pavement outside was covered in it.
A witness said: "It was horrific, the man was trying to get people's attention outside a close. He was covered in blood and trying to gesture to the wounds on his back.
"He looked really frightened, I said I'd call an ambulance and he was asking for police.
"His trackies were covered in blood and it was smeared on his face as well and the wounds on his back were horrific.
"People wanted to help but also gave him a wide berth because it is scary, the 999 call handler was asking 'is the attacker still in the area'. It looked like he'd been hacked with a machete, I told the 999 call handler that.
"If it wasn't a machete it was some other bladed weapon, it looked like he had been hacked rather than stabbed.
"Two police officers bundled him inside the close and then it turned into a massive crime scene, about eight police cars turned up then an ambulance.
"It is so scary seeing that because 7pm isn't late and there were loads of people around."
A spokesman for Police Scotland said: "Around 7.10pm on Saturday, October, 9 police received a report a man had been seriously assaulted in Shettleston Road, Glasgow.
"Emergency services attended and a 35-year-old man was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
"Enquiries are ongoing."
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