A clubber has been left with 16 stitches after he was slashed in an attack at a venue.

The 26-year-old victim was knifed in a disturbance the early hours on Monday morning inside a nightclub in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

The man was taken by ambulance to hospital from Fantoosh on the town's New Street at around 2.55am for treatment to a serious facial wound.

He has now been released and police have launched a hunt for the knifeman.

Detective inspector Sandy Nelson, at Paisley CID, said: "Police received a report of a serious assault which took place within Fantoosh on New Street, in Paisley, at around 2.55am on Monday.

"A 26-year-old man suffered a serious facial injury and was released following treatment at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.

"Officers are following a positive line of inquiry."