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Two men have been stabbed and a third attacked by a man on roller skates in Bristol.

Officers were called to an incident in Knowle, following reports of several assaults at roughly 3.10pm today.

The stabbing victims, one aged in his 20s and the other in his 50s, were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Bristol Live reports.

A third man, also in his 20s, was treated for a minor head wound in hospital before he was discharged.

A man in his 30s has been arrested and is in police custody.

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An eye-witness, who only wanted to be known as Rebecca, said she was with her partner and two-year-old son on the west side of Wells Road, close to My Dentist on the outside of the Broadwalk Shopping Centre, when she saw what unfolded in front of her.

"It was about 2.30pm and we were crossing the road and we saw a man running away from a man who was on rollerskates behind him.

”At first we thought they were joking around - it was a guy on rollerskates chasing a guy running away.

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”But then the man running ran into the off licence next to the dentists and the man on rollerskates caught up with him...”

It was at this moment the woman says the man assaulted a person.

She added: “It was literally right behind us as we were waiting at the traffic lights.

“It was just horrible, and scary because I was worried about my little one. To see this in front of me was horrible.”

Bhara Ni, who works in Subway inside Broadwalk Shopping Centre said he was in the shop and a man came in covered in blood asking for help at around 2.30pm.

“He’s an Asian guy and a regular customer. He said he had been stabbed outside the shopping centre by another man”

“We stopped serving and ran to help him. The ambulances came and we heard other people had been stabbed

“It was awful to see”

Bhara Ni, who works in Subway inside Broadwalk Shopping Centre said he was in the shop and a man came in covered in blood asking for help at around 2.30pm.

“He’s an Asian guy and a regular customer. He said he had been stabbed outside the shopping centre by another man.

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“We stopped serving and ran to help him. The ambulances came and we heard other people had been stabbed.

“It was awful to see”.

Avon and Somerset Police tweeted: "At 3.10pm today we began receiving reports a number of people had been assaulted in the south Bristol area. Officers attended and subsequently arrested a man in his 30s on Redcatch Road. He remains in custody.

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"Three people have been taken to hospital with injuries which aren’t believed to be life threatening.

"A full investigation is already under way.

"While we’re keeping an open mind about the motive, we can confirm we’re not treating the incident as terrorism. Road closures are in place as emergency services carry out enquiries and motorists are advised to avoid the area."

Another witness tweeted: "Some guy on roller skates was just chased by 2 police cars down my road and tasered outside my house and it's probably serious but i honestly think i've just witnessed a comedy scene from hot fuzz".

They followed up with a tweet saying: "Ok it's actually serious how did he get arrested literally 30 meters away from my flat."

Chief Inspector Nigel Colston, neighbourhood commander for South Bristol, said: “This kind of incident is extremely rare in Bristol and while we’re keeping an open mind about it, I’d like to reassure people we do not believe it to be terrorism.

“A full investigation is already underway and a team of detectives are working hard to establish exactly what happened. They have a significant number of witnesses to speak to and will be carrying out other enquiries, including house to house and CCTV enquiries in the coming days.

“Several members of the public bravely intervened in the incident and I’d like to praise their bravery and thank them for their assistance. South Bristol is a safe area and they demonstrated great courage and community spirit when faced with a very unusual incident.

“I’d also like to thank the two officers who detained a man who threatened to cause them harm. No one should be threated while at work and the way they dealt with the situation was a credit to themselves and to Avon and Somerset Police.”

Ch Insp Colston added: “We expect the specialist crime scene investigators to soon finish examining the area and we’ll then be able to lift the road closures. I appreciate the closures have caused disruption and I’d like to thank the public for their patience while we carried out the necessary enquiries.

“Neighbourhood officers will be carrying out reassurance patrols during the next few days and anyone with any concerns is encouraged to speak to them.”