A teenager was rushed to hospital after being slashed in the face with a knife during a violent street brawl in Paisley . ‌

The 17-year-old was injured in a fight involving rival gangs of youths in Gauze Street at around 9.30pm on Friday. ‌

Police say the victim had been with a group "who appear to have met up with another group of youths" in the Renfrewshire town , before a fight broke out. ‌

Officers believe several of those involved were armed with knives and one was used to inflict the teenager’s facial injury.

He was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for treatment before being discharged.

Officers described his attacker as white, in his late teens, of slim build and wearing a blue North Face hooded top with white horizontal stripes, and a black "bum-bag"

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