An appeal has been launched after a man was racially abused in a Suffolk town. 

The alleged assault happened in Cambridge Close in Haverhill some time between 7.30pm and 9pm on October 28. 

A spokesman for Haverhill Police said five youths and an adult man, some carrying sticks, shouted racial abuse and threatened a man in the town. 

Anyone with any information is being aked to contact Haverhill Police quoting the crime reference number 37/61507/24.