A 13-year-old boy has been arrested over an alleged gang attack which left a man requiring "significant treatment".

A man, 33, was said to have been assaulted on Dick Crescent, Burntisland, Fife, on Friday.

He was taken to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy with serious facial injuries.

A boy has been arrested in connection with the alleged attack.

Officers said a number of other people were understood to have been involved.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "A report will be submitted to the Children's Reporter.

"Officers are following a positive line of inquiry in relation to a number of other suspects who are thought to have also been involved."