Police have cordoned off a section of pavement in Shanklin this evening (Wednesday) following an earlier incident.
A pavement on Arthurs Hill, opposite Avenue Road, has been cordoned off by officers.
5 police units are in attendance at the scene.
Arthurs Hill itself – the main road that runs between Shanklin and Lake – remains open to traffic.
UPDATE @ 22:00 – Police have confirmed they are investigating an assault on a man in his 40s.
Hampshire Constabulary are appealing for witnesses and information following an altercation between the victim and 3 male suspects.
The incident occurred in the vicinity of Regent Street, Shanklin at around 18:15 this evening. It is then believed to have moved on to Arthurs Hill and then Avenue Road.
A member of the public assisted the victim by calling an ambulance. He was taken to hospital, where he is currently being assessed.
Officers are in the area carrying out house to house enquiries. The earlier cordon has now been removed.
If you saw or heard anything, or if you have CCTV, Ring Doorbell or dash cam footage in any of these locations, get in touch by calling Police on 101 and quoting reference 44200428414.
Alternatively, you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or report anonymously online via Crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information.
Shanklin again what a dump x
Shanklin use to be a safe place.
No area is safe anymore !!
So did all the other towns on the island !!!!!
What a delightful place this island now is!
Horrible to hear of any sort of violence. Yes, seems to be getting worse. Where are these low life coming from, apart from crawling out from under their stones???
Is there something in the water in Shanklin? Why this violence? 3 cowards onto 1 man this time. Why not 1 on 1? Whoever had the problem with the man in his 40s is probably too weak to have faced him on his own!!!!!! That’s why he needed his mates. Pathetic.
True
What horrible people live on that Island
Absolutely, we hate each other let alone overners!
Don’t knock Shanklin and the Island too much. It breaks my heart to see where i grew up in London. It’s unrecognisable now with knife and gun crime with the black, asian and white gangs roaming the streets in East London. Shootings don’t even make the local rag these days, because there are too many to report! A dust up in Shanklin every blue moon.. I’d settle for that!
See your point, but the point is that it’s its not every blue moon anymore, it’s every full moon at least!
Well, even every 4 weeks isn’t the end of the world. I lived just outside Spitafields market in Leyton East London from 1962 to 1983. I worked as a spark all over London and was on £300 a week in 1981. London was starting to change then. I visited this lovely Island with a couple of mates in 1981 for a week in the summer. It was the best 7 days we ever had! We stayed in a guest house in Hope Road Shanklin, went to the beach everyday and drunk our selves silly every night at the bars and clubs during the night time. It was like being abroad. We went to Keats Inn, The madeira Bars, Eastcliff Club, The Shanklin Hotel downstairs club (one with the alligator?) Fantastic memories! Yes and we even had the odd punch up with some of the local lads who thought we were trying to steal their local girls. It was all good harmless fun. I had to go back to work in London, and still live their most of the week now in Ladbroke Grove, and i can’t wait for the day to make the move to your Island permanently. Until you have to work and live in London, it’s only then you can appreciate the calmness and beauty of your lovely Island, So even if crime is on the rise, you want to experience Newham, Stratford, Mile end after dark in London, then you’ll see where i’m coming from.
If you think the island is bad; we recently moved from the west midlands. In Birmingham these days, there are stabbings and murders most nights; and many areas that the police won’t enter unless they have to ! Feral gangs rule the streets; normal people are scared to go out in the dark these days.