Read more: Man covered in blood 'like a horror film' after Co-op fight
THREE men have been arrested after a man was stabbed in the neck with a bottle last night.
A brawl erupted between four men at the Co-Op store in Hangleton at 5.30pm and the shop was closed to customers.
A 33-year-old man was attacked with a broken beer bottle and taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton with lacerations to his head, neck and arm, though the injuries are not life-threatening.
Two men from Hove, both 33, and a 28-year-old man from Worthing were arrested on suspicion of causing affray and are currently in police custody.
One of the 33-year-old men was also arrested for causing distress after using racially aggravated language.
A Sussex Police spokeswoman said: "Police were called to a report of a fight at the Co-Op store in Hangleton Road, Hove, at 5.30pm on Monday.
"Two men went into the shop and started an altercation with another man.
"During the fight one of the men, a 33-year-old, was stabbed in the neck with a broken beer bottle.
"He was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, with lacerations to his head, neck and arm. His injuries were not life-threatening.
"Extensive damage was caused to the shop during the incident.
"Two men from Hove both aged 33 and a 28-year-old man from Worthing were arrested on suspicion of causing affray and are currently in police custody.
"One of the 33-year-old men was also arrested for causing distress after using racially aggravated language."
Read more: Man covered in blood 'like a horror film' after Co-op fight
She added that police are not looking for any witnesses in connection with the incident.
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