A YOUNG man was stabbed in the stomach by a moped rider in a York city centre street.
Police said the man was taken to York District Hospital, conscious but bleeding heavily, following the incident on Wednesday night outside Macdonalds furniture store in Fossgate.
A spokeswoman said the moped rider carried out the assault as the man walked down the street and then rode off.
A man has been arrested, questioned and then released on police bail to April 19.
A hospital spokeswoman said the injured man's condition was improving.
Updated: 11:31 Friday, April 05, 2002
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