An 18-year-old boy has been left seriously injured in hospital after a machete attack in West Yorkshire.

Police were called at around 7.41pm yesterday evening (Sunday, October 8) by the ambulance service to reports that a man had suffered injuries to his hand and face by a bladed weapon at a property on Halesworth Crescent, Bradford.

A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: “The 18-year-old male was taken to hospital with serious but non life threatening injuries. A scene is on whilst enquiries remain ongoing.”