One person stabbed and Scottish hospital locked down amid three serious incidents

A police vehicle in the grounds of University Hospital Crosshouse, near Kilmarnock, which has been lifted out of lockdown (Jane Barlow/PA)

One person was stabbed and a hospital placed in lockdown as police dealt with three serious “potentially linked incidents” in Ayrshire.

The PA news agency understands at least one person was stabbed during one of the incidents which took place in and around Kilmarnock on Thursday night.