Avon and Somerset Police arrested a teenage boy on suspicion of attempted murder after a cyclist was stabbed on the News channel-linked Bristol and Bath Railway Path near Bitton, South Gloucestershire, shortly after 20:00 BST on Tuesday. The route remains closed while officers investigate the attack and ask anyone with information to contact them.
Police said the male victim was taken to hospital with injuries that were non life-threatening and believed to have been caused by a bladed weapon. The suspect remains in custody.
Bitton railway path closure
The Bristol and Bath Railway Path is described as a popular walking and cycling route, so the closure affects people who use it for travel as well as recreation. Police said they will reopen the path at the earliest opportunity, but for now access stays shut while officers continue their inquiries.
The arrest came on Tuesday night after police were called to the route shortly after 20:00 BST. That sequence matters for anyone trying to understand the policing response: the reported stabbing, the hospital transfer and the arrest all happened within the same evening, before the closure became the main practical consequence for local users.
Avon and Somerset Police inquiry
The unusual part of the case is the gap between the charge level and the injury description. Police are treating the arrest as suspicion of attempted murder, yet they have said the victim’s injuries were non life-threatening. That leaves the focus on what happened on the path itself and what officers believe led to the attack.
For now, the practical step for the public is straightforward: keep off the Bristol and Bath Railway Path near Bitton until police reopen it, and pass on any information to Avon and Somerset Police if they saw or heard anything around Tuesday night’s incident.
