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A man stabbed in a street attack has had part of his leg amputated
during surgery in a bid to save his life.
Paul Turner,
28, is still unconscious and in intensive care after the attack
in Plymouth.
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Police
tape marks the area in the city's Melrose Avenue
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He was found
in a pool of blood in the city's Melrose Avenue in the early hours
of Friday.
Police are now treating the attack as attempted murder and 50 officers
are working on the case.
Mr Turner, from
Wolsdon Street in Plymouth's Stonehouse district, suffered heavy
blood loss after being stabbed in the leg and was taken to the city's
Derriford Hospital.
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Fifty
officers are now on the case
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"He underwent
an operation to amputate his right leg just above the knee, "
said a Devon and Cornwall police spokesman.
"The leg could not be saved after the blade passed through
the femoral artery and severed the nerves."
Mr Turner was identified by his sister after a police appeal which
mentioned the man they were trying to identify had a distinctive
tattoo on his leg.
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Derriford
Hospital
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An incident
room has been set up in the hunt for Mr Turner's
attacker.
Officers said they are hunting a blond man aged in his late twenties
seen running from the scene. A police appeal has been issued for
information about him and about a red coupe, possibly a Toyota or
a Ford, in which he might have driven away.
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