Blood found by Magdalen Bridge, Oxford, is thought to be human, police say.

A trail of bloody footprints and two large pools of blood leading up High Street were spotted on Tuesday.

The area was cordened off for two hours from 8.04am as police searched for an injured person.

A police spokesman said: “We believe it to be human blood. It is going to DNA testing but the results have not come back yet.

“Nobody has been found in connection to the incident.”