Overview
- Greater Manchester Police, which responded Friday around 4pm, said a man in his 30s was taken to hospital with injuries not thought to be life-threatening or life-changing.
- Officers arrested two men, aged in their 40s and 50s, on suspicion of assault and they remain in custody.
- A police scene remains in Ashton town centre with the road closed from Bow Street as fire crews support the response.
- Outlets describe a suspected corrosive-substance assault, while police refer to a hazmat incident and have not confirmed the exact substance.
- Police say there is no wider risk to the public, a stance that reflects standard hazmat protocols used in suspected corrosive attacks in the UK.