30 April 2025, 10:24

By Tom Horn

On Saturday afternoon, a man walked into a bar in the Leeds suburb of Headingley, the start of the Otley Run bar crawl, took out a crossbow, and attempted to undertake what he called ‘The Otley Run Massacre’.

Two people were hospitalised with non life-threatening injuries, as well as the attacker.

For me, the attack was way too close to home; just a few streets away from where I live. Targeting the Otley Run, the embodiment of fun, frivolity, and innocence, made it even more frightening.

Like thousands of others, the Run was a staple of my time as a Leeds student; it’s the closest thing the city has to a pilgrimage. The bundles of hyperactive students joshing down the streets in cheap Santa suits and homemade tin foil........

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