HORROR has unfolded as a man wielding a crossbow left three people injured in broad daylight.

The injuries have been deemed not life threatening and a man has been detained at the scene, police say.

Officers were called to Otley Road in Leeds this afternoon to reports of seeing a man with weapons, one of which, a crossbow.

A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: “Police were called to Otley Road, Leeds at 2.47pm today to reports of an ongoing serious incident involving a man seen with weapons.

“Officers attended and located three people who had suffered injuries which are at this time not being treated as life threatening.”