York Street stabbing: West Yorkshire Police issue statement after woman arrested over Leeds city centre attack

An update has been provided following a stabbing in Leeds city centre.

Police were called to York Street, just down from Leeds Bus Station, shortly after 10am last Friday (January 2) to reports that a man had been stabbed.

He was taken to hospital with injuries that were serious but not believed to be life threatening and a cordon was put in place outside of St Anne’s Resource Centre and York Street Health Practice.

A cordon was in place outside of St Anne's Resource Centre on York Street following a stabbing.placeholder image
A cordon was in place outside of St Anne's Resource Centre on York Street following a stabbing. | Yorkshire Evening Post

Police subsequently confirmed that a woman, 27, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and being in possession of class B drugs.

An update has been provided by West Yorkshire Police today (Monday), with a spokesperson saying: “The 27-year-old woman who was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and possession of Class B drugs has been interviewed and released on bail.

“Enquiries remain ongoing into the stabbing.

“At this time no one has been arrested for that offence.”

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