Emmerdale is no longer a peaceful village, but rather the ground is about to explode after a horrific act of violence: a sword attack in the middle of the night, without warning, without obvious reason, without a scream.

The villagers wake up to the shocking news: a character has been seriously injured and is about to “exit” the show — as leaked from the early release on ITVX.

Behind-the-scenes sources say this is not a “play dead – revive” like many other shows.

This time, the person attacked is truly on the brink of death.

The use of a sword — instead of a stick, gun or other common object — makes the incident judged as a deliberate attack, not a spontaneous collision. This raises the question of whether the killer may have stalked, prepared, and deliberately cornered the victim.

Who could be involved? Viewers are now focused on three names:

Ray Walters, who is shrouded in a series of dark secrets.

Celia Daniels, who has always been cold towards the victim.

A character “no one expected”, who may be hiding a dark side.

Witnesses describe the scene as a “mini-battle”: debris, blood, sounds of panic. One person runs out of the darkness, the other collapses. The scariest thing: the attacker was not caught on the spot. This means he is still lurking in Emmerdale — and could be at it again.