Men arrested after man injured with machete in Mile Oak

Detectives investigating after a man was injured with a machete in Mile Oak have arrested two men.

Police were called by West Midlands Ambulance Service at 3.35pm on Friday afternoon (22 January) to reports that a man had been attacked with a machete on Sutton Road in Mile Oak.

He was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham with serious leg injuries where he remains in a stable condition.

A 46-year-old man, from Tamworth, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and a 19-year-old man, also from Tamworth, has been arrested on suspicion of affray. They remain in custody.

Anyone with any information should message Staffordshire Police on Facebook or Twitter quoting incident number 471 of 22 January, call 101 or alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.