An eighteen-year-old man has been stabbed in a McDonald's Restaurant. 

Officers were called to McDonald's in London Road, Brighton, at 4.51pm this afternoon.

The 18-year-old victim has been taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital.

Sussex Police said his condition is not known at this time. 

Police are looking for a mixed race man in his late teens with a scar over his eye in connection with the incident.

An eyewitness at the scene described a fracas between two men on the stairs before one of the men was stabbed.

Frightened diners who witnessed the attack were escorted out the back door of the restaurant.  

Witnesses who spoke to officers at the scene or who may recognise the description of the suspect are asked to email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101 quoting serial number 1021 of 17/01.