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Six stabbed in fight at Northampton bar | |
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Six people have been taken to hospital after being stabbed in a "serious disturbance" at a Northampton bar. | |
A total of eight people were injured after a fight broke out in Faces Bar in Bridge Street at about 04:00 GMT. | |
Three people are being treated at University Hospital Coventry and the remaining five at Northampton General Hospital. | |
Northampton Borough Council has suspended the licences of Faces and NU Bar following the incident. | |
Three of the stab victims, one of whom is in a serious condition, are being treated in Coventry and the the other three in Northampton. | |
Bridge Street has re-opened to traffic after closing while officers searched the area and the club itself. | Bridge Street has re-opened to traffic after closing while officers searched the area and the club itself. |
The council's licensing sub-committee is set to hold an urgent licence review of both Faces and NU Bar, both of which are based in Bridge Street. | |
The licences of the two bars have been suspended pending a full review. | |
Leader of Northampton Borough Council David Mackintosh said the review followed a request by Northamptonshire Police. | |
A spokesman for Faces said a small fight had taken place in the garden which resulted in the participants being removed from the premises. | |
Shortly afterwards, he said a "major street fight" involving 40 or 50 people from a number of bars in Bridge Street took place. | |
"Drunk fuelled violence does happen. Last night was an example when it was not controlled," he said. |