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A 30-year-old man has suffered life-threatening injuries in a suspected machete attack in a small Cornish town.

Police are searching for the attacker or attackers, who are believed to have fled the scene in a vehicle.

Paramedics were called to an address in St Columb Major, near Newquay, on Sunday night, and the man was taken by a search and rescue helicopter to Derriford hospital in Plymouth, Devon.

A spokeperson for Devon and Cornwall police said: “Police were called by ambulance at around 11.10pm last night (29 July) to an address in St Columb Major following reports that a man had been stabbed.

“Emergency services attended the scene where it was reported that the man had been injured with a machete. It’s thought that the offender(s) left the scene in a vehicle.

“The victim, a 30-year-old man, sustained life-threatening injuries to his abdomen and was taken to Derriford by search and rescue helicopter for treatment where he remains. Enquiries are ongoing into this matter.”