Three teenagers have been arrested after a 47-year-old man suffered head injuries in an alleged attack in Ramsgate.

Police were called to a supermarket car park in Queen Street at just before midnight on Saturday.

Officers arrested three 17-year-olds - two boys and a girl - on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.

It is thought the victim - who suffered injuries to his head, abdomen, thorax and lower leg - was sitting on a wall when he was targeted in an alleged unprovoked attack.

He is recovering in the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, in Margate, where it is understood he will remain for several weeks.

All three teenagers have now been released on police bail pending further inquiries.

A 17-year-old girl, from Ramsgate, has been bailed to Friday, March 7.

And the two 17-year-old boys, from Margate and Ramsgate, have both been bailed to Tuesday, April 15.