Police appeal follow machete attack near Fordbridge

POLICE are continuing to appeal for witnesses after a middle-aged man was attacked with a machete during the rush hour.
The attack - which left the victim with serious injuries - happened on Tile Cross Road, near Fordbridge, on Monday of this week (January 25).
According to eyewitnesses, the attacker had produced the blade at a bus stop near the junction with Cooks Lane.
Police and ambulance services were called to the scene at around 8.10am and the 50-year-old, who was said to be covered in blood, was taken to hospital.
A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and bailed pending further inquiries, but officers are continuing to urge people to come forward with information about the apparently "targeted" attack.
Det Sgt Sam Price, from West Midlands Police's violent crime team, said: "We continue to actively seek a man who is suspected of carrying out the attack and we need people to come forward with extra information.
"We strongly believe that local people know who did this and that someone will have information that could prove vital to our investigation.
"I am appealing to people to do the right thing and call me."