Boy arrested after victim of alleged gang attack seriously injured
It's said to have happened in Burntisland on Friday evening
Last updated 29th May 2017
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested after an alleged gang attack in Fife left a man needing "significant treatment'' to serious facial injuries.
The incident happened at around 10pm on Friday in Dick Crescent, Burntisland.
A 33-year-old man was approached and allegedly assaulted by a group of young men and women.
He was taken to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy and later released.
Officers believe the attack may have been filmed on mobile phones.
A boy has now been arrested in connection with an alleged serious assault and a report will be submitted to the Children's Reporter.
Police Scotland is following a positive line of inquiry in relation to a number of other suspects who are thought to have also been involved.