Neighbours tell of 'hysterical' cries from scene of Lanarkshire knife attack

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A shocked neighbour has told how she heard "hysterical crying" at the scene of a frenzied knife attack in East Kilbride last night.Police have now confirmed a 31-year-old man was found seriously injured with multiple lacerations to his body in a ground-floor flat in Strathfillan Road at around 7.50pm.The victim was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for treatment and is understood to be in a stable condition.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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The next minute I looked out through my spyhole and saw all the police at the door and they came in and spoke to me."I didn't see anyone at all."Another source shared gruesome details of the incident heard over a police radio, including “multiple lacerations to head and hand”.She told us: “We could hear the cops from our window. "They said, 'he's definitely going to need the hospital,' before the paramedic wheeled him out.”Another