Portsmouth men brawl in busy Commercial Road at lunchtime as male suffers serious facial injury

Police scrambled to Commercial Road where a fight had kicked off outside Foot Asylum, next to Cascades Shopping Centre, at 12.11pm. A man was left with a minor injury to his head and another male suffered a serious injury to his face. A 42-year-old man and 28-year-old man, both from Portsmouth, were arrested following the incident.

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Police taped the area outside the shop as officers investigated the scene while shoppers went about their business. Police remained at the scene for nearly two hours after the incident.

A police spokeswoman said: ‘Officers remained at the scene this afternoon but the scene was stood down shortly before 2pm. Enquiries into the circumstances of this incident are underway.’

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