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A 29-year-old man is hos­pi­talised af­ter he was se­vere­ly beat­en and chopped dur­ing an ear­ly morn­ing at­tack on Mon­day.

The man, of Charles Street North, Gas­par­il­lo, was found bleed­ing from mul­ti­ple chop wounds af­ter of­fi­cers re­spond­ed to a re­port at Bap­tiste Street.

He told in­ves­ti­ga­tors that around 12:25 am he was walk­ing along Charles Street near Ex­tra­or­di­nary Doors when a sil­ver Toy­ota ve­hi­cle stopped and three men got out and at­tacked him.