Police probe murder bid

POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a man was attacked with an axe before a driver tried to mow him down in an attempted murder.

The incident on Sinclair Road in Aberdeen happened at about 4.40pm on Monday.

The victim, in his 30s, was reportedly seriously injured in the axe attack before a motorist in a black Peugeot 206 drove towards him.

Detective inspector Stewart Drummond said: “We are treating this incident as attempted murder however I would like to emphasise this was an isolated incident.”