Reported 'stabbing' of elderly woman in Doncaster was medical episode, police say
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An elderly woman who was described as the victim of a stabbing in Doncaster had actually suffered a medical episode, police have said.
Emergency services were called to Fisher Street in Bentley on Friday night.
Social media reports initially suggested there had been a stabbing but a South Yorkshire Police spokesman said the woman had suffered a ‘medical episode’ at around 7.22pm.
The spokesman said: “The woman, in her 60s was taken to hospital where she remains at this time.”