Two detained after serious assault outside city hotel

A MAN has been hospitalised after sustaining a serious head injury outside a city centre hotel

Police were called to the High Street in Edinburgh at around 5.55pm on Wednesday following an incident near the Radisson Blu.

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The injured 36-year-old man was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment.

A man and a woman have been detained in connection with the incident.

Police said that inquiries are ongoing and asked anyone with information to contact them.

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