A SMURF who launched a brutal attack on a Rastafarian in a nightclub is being hunted by police in Scotland.

The blue and white Halloween reveller left his victim needing stitches after battering him in a Greenock club after a party.

The 21-year-old victim, who was dressed as a Rasta, was taken to hospital in his costume where he had stitches put in his face wounds.

Police are now appearing for witnesses to track down the reveller dressed as a Smurf.

Detective Inspector John Dearie, of Strathclyde Police, said: "This is the first time in 30 years in the police force that I have been looking for a Smurf.

"We are treating this very seriously."

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Originally published as Police hunt rasta-bashing Smurf