Machete attack outside Manchester city centre bar Published duration 17 March 2018

image caption Police described the assault as a "chilling" attack on an "innocent man"

A man has been attacked with a machete outside a city centre bar.

The victim, who is in his 30s, is in hospital with life-changing injuries after he was assaulted outside Barca on Catalan Square in Manchester at about 22:10 GMT on Friday.

He was attacked after asking a man who had shouted abuse at a group to calm down, police said.

Det Insp Mark Davis, from Greater Manchester Police, said it was a "chilling" attack on an "innocent man".

The three offenders fled from the scene on foot and with a bicycle.

Police said the victim had been in the bar with friends.

The attacker walked past the victim and shouted abuse at a group.

The offender then turned to a friend and asked for the machete.

The friend brought over a backpack, which the offender pulled the machete out of, before turning and striking the victim's hand with it.