A woman who found a man with his hand chopped off outside a working men's club after a horror attack took the hand home to preserve it, it is claimed.
A man reportedly lost his hand in an attack outside Deighton Working Men's Club in Huddersfield, West Yorks on Tuesday evening.
Police say a man suffered severe hand injuries after being attacked with a bladed weapon as he was in the smoking area.
Officers believe the attack was targeted and say the two attackers fled the scene.
Today a Yorkshire Live reporter at the scene says a police cordon remains and says there are still splatters of the man's blood on the pavement outside.
In a Facebook Live, the reporter said he'd been speaking to a woman who witnessed the incident.
The witness claimed she found the man with one of his hands on the floor.
The woman, who is first-aid trained, was said to be very composed.
She claimed she took the man's hand back to her home and started putting ice cubes around it with her father's help, the report said.
She then reportedly took the hand back to the club.
The woman claimed she then reapplied the tourniquet properly which had been applied by others attending to the man.
The woman said she'd been left traumatised by the incident on Tuesday.
West Yorkshire Police said in a statement on Wednesday: "Detectives are continuing enquiries and to appeal for witnesses today after following a serious attack on a man in Deighton.
"Kirklees District CID are conducting a number of active enquiries after a man suffered severe hand injuries after being assaulted with a bladed weapon on Deighton Road on August 9.
"The victim is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries following the assault which took place at about 5.27pm at a working men’s club there.
"It occurred after two masked men approached the victim while he was in the smoking shelter outside the club and attacked him with a bladed weapon.
"The men then fled from the scene."
Detective Inspector Dennise Bell of Kirklees CID, said: “This has clearly been a very serious incident in which the victim has received a severe injury.
“We do believe the attack was targeted and are continuing a number of active enquiries today.
“I would again appeal to anyone who saw what occurred or has information to contact us at Kirklees CID on 101 or online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk/101livechat referencing police log 1327 of August 9.
“Information can also be given anonymously to the independent Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111."
