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Police are investigating an incident that allegedly left one man with a broken nose and fractured eye socket and another with a dislocated shoulder just days before Christmas.

Benn Bado and three friends were waiting for a taxi outside Argos when they say they were abused from across the street and then attacked "for no reason".

The 23-year-old said they were punched, kicked and stamped on by two men, leaving Benn with a dislocated shoulder and his friend Harry Mugford with a suspected broken nose and fractured eye socket.

Police have confirmed that they are investigating the incident. No arrests have been made at this time.

A spokesperson from Devon and Cornwall Police said: “Police were called at 00.30am on Sunday 23 December to Victoria Square, Truro, following reports of a fight.

“It was reported that an altercation had taken place and three men had been assaulted.

“The men was taken to Treliske hospital by officers to be treated for serious facial injuries.

“Enquiries are ongoing into this incident.”

(Image: Benn Bado/ Facebook)

The friends had been to Bunters, Wetherspoons and Zafiros and had just called a taxi to pick them up in Victoria Square at about 12.30am when a man shouted across the street to them.

"He called me a b***end," Benn previously told Cornwall Live.

"I asked what was his problem and he called me a 'kebab boy'. I'm Spanish, Portuguese and Moroccan and I do look Turkish.

"I found it bizarre that he would only abuse me out of all my friends."

Benn started videoing the men and captured the moment one of them approached him, asked him why he was filming and then apparently punched him.

"They kicked and stamped on me. My friends pulled one of them off and he then got punched too, and was knocked straight unconscious.

"Another kid came over to try and break it up. He was just talking to them and he was punched too. We were covered in blood. It was like a scene from a zombie film."

The friends waited until the police and an ambulance arrived and they were taken to hospital. Benn said it has ruined Christmas for all of them and they just want the police to catch the people who did it.

"I'm a barber and I was just about to start a new job but I can't move my arm. There was no reason for them to do it. They have come away completely unscathed and we are all seriously injured."

Benn said he hopes the incident may have been captured on CCTV.

Police are investigating and anyone with information should call Devon and Cornwall Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.