A man is in hospital after he was stabbed in Newcastle.
Emergency services were called to Monkchester Road, Walker , at around 7.30pm on Saturday night to reports of a stabbing.
Paramedics arrived to find a man at a bus stop who had a stab wound and had also suffered facial injuries.
A North East Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We were called at 7.36pm on Saturday night to reports of a patient injured at a bus stop on Monkchester Road.
"One ambulance crew attended where they found a man who had sustained a puncture wound and facial injuries.
"He was taken to hospital in a non life-threatening condition."
The attacker fled the scene and a manhunt has now been launched to find the person responsible.
A number of police vehicles, including the police dogs team, were visible at the scene with officers understood to have been searching drains.
A Northumbria Police spokeswoman said: "We were called at 7.30pm to reports of a stabbing on Monkchester Road.
"A male who had sustained stab wounds was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
"Inquiries are ongoing."
