Police appeal for information after a man loses his leg in an alleged assault which shut a major highway in Perth's western suburbs.
Police are investigating an incident on a City Beach highway which resulted in a 29-year-old man's leg being severed.A hammer alleged to have been used in the assault is yet to be located, with police appealing for information from the public.
He was taken to Royal Perth Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition and is expected to undergo surgery."He's also received some injuries which we believe have been caused by the use of a hammer."Two members of the public, including an off-duty doctor, stopped on the highway and applied a tourniquet to the man's leg.
"Within 14 minutes of the call being reported to police, we had an offender in custody," Superintendent Walsh said.
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