A man has died after being found covered in blood in the middle of the street. The police says he was covered in blood on his hands, face and on his bare feet.
Officers were called to the horrifying scene in Greater Manchester last week, where they discovered a 49-year-old man outside with serious injuries. Emergency services arrived at the scene on January 12 and the man was rushed to hospital in critical condition.
Manchester Evening News reports that the 49-year-old tragically died yesterday. Following the incident, a 37-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
The man has since been released on bail, with detectives now trying to piece together what happened. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) claim while they are not certain any crimes were carried out, they 'cannot rule it out'.
Police believe that the victim may have been drinking in local pubs in Oldham earlier on the day of the incident. However, they conceded that his movements in the hours leading up to being found are 'unclear'.
Detective Chief Inspector Benjamin Cottam of GMP’s Oldham said: "Firstly, our thoughts are with the victim’s family of what I know will be a difficult time. Our specialist officers are currently supporting the victim’s family and we are ensuring we exhaust every possible line of enquiry to understand what happened that evening.
"Whilst we are not certain there is any form of criminality in this case, we cannot rule this out. We are looking at every possible scenario that could have taken place that evening and we need your help to piece together a chain of events.
"We need members of the public to come forward with any CCTV, dash cam footage from that area that evening, if you saw anything suspicious, witnessed any form of assault or have any information no matter how small it may seem, it could have a huge impact on our investigations."
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