Man allegedly stabbed in incident on the Moreton Hall Estate

Investigations are continuing today after an attack in Mount Road, on the Moreton Hall Estate, in Bury St Edmunds, which left the victim with knife wounds.

The incident is alleged to have happened late yesterday (Monday, January 3) afternoon close to Mount Road and Orttewell Road in the Natterers Wood area.

Emergency services were called to the scene along with an air ambulance which was dispatched.

The 28-year-old victim was taken to hospital after being slashed in the face while out running and the attacker was walking a dog.

He attacked the victim by slashing him with an unknown weapon, causing a laceration above eye that needed treatment at hospital.

The suspect is described as wearing a light blue hooded top, black jeans or jogging bottoms, black woollen gloves and a black snood wrapped over his mouth and nose.

He was about 5ft 10ins tall and the dog was described as like a black and white Staffordshire Bull Terrier.

A spokesperson for Suffolk Police said the victim was not believed to have suffered life-threatening or life-changing injuries however many people living on the estate were drawn to post comments on the local social media site Moreton Hall Voice.

One eye witness said: “I thought he (the victim) had been knocked off a bike at first as a` man with him was holding a bike. Then as I got close I saw all the blood on him. He was sat up covered in blood.”

Anyone who can help police with their inquires can call 101 or Crimestoppers  on 0800 555 111, or via their online form www.crimestoppers-uk.org