Southend: Appeal as men left injured

We’re appealing for witnesses after an incident which took place in Southend left two men with serious injuries.

We were called to Sutton Road at about 1am on Saturday 22 July and found an altercation had broken out involving a number of people and two men had sustained serious injuries.

Thankfully, neither man’s injuries are considered to be life-changing or life-threatening.

No arrests have been made and our enquiries are continuing at pace.

As a result of those enquiries, we now understand the incident began in a food outlet, called Chick Inn, and a number of people are likely to have witnessed it.

If you have any information, CCTV, dash cam or other footage in relation to this incident, then please get in contact with us.

You can let us know by submitting a report online or by using our Live Chat service.

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Alternatively you can call us on 101.

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Please cite crime reference 42/130645/23.