A 73-YEAR-old woman has been arrested over a "noxious substance" after a female approached a number of shoppers with "a plastic bag". One woman was taken to hospital with "breathing difficulties" as a number of people fell ill after the Bath alleged attack at 2.30pm yesterday. Avon and Somerset Police said it was called to reports of a woman approaching people in Stall Street in Bath at about 14:30 BST.
Two people were experiencing breathing difficulties and itchy eyes. Police set up a cordon in Bath after a number of people fell ill following a woman 'approaching them with a bag' with emergency services wearing protective clothing. Bath 'chemical attack' LIVE: Major incident sees people fall ill in city centre A woman reportedly approached people with a "bag".
Police donned hazmat suits as they responded to what some feared was a chemical attack on Stall Street, in Bath city centre around 2.30pm yesterday. Two people were taken to hospital after a possible chemical attack in Bath city centre. A police cordon was in place in the city following the incident, in which a woman reportedly "approached.
Two people were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties yesterday after a woman approached them with a bag. Police in hazmat suits swooped on Bath city centre after a number of shoppers reportedly fell ill after being approached by the woman during the afternoon. A 73-year-old woman has been arrested after a "chemical attack" in Bath saw a large emergency service response called.
A number of people were left feeling unwell following reports of a person approaching people with a bag, Avon and Somerset Police has said. Emergency services were called at 2.30pm yesterday (July 29) to Stall Street in Bath. One woman was taken to hospital with "breathing difficulties" as a number of people fell ill after the Bath alleged attack at 2.30pm yesterday.
Two people have been taken ill after a woman approached them with a bag in Bath.
