POLICE in Bristol are trying to trace a man with links to Gwent after an assault in the Kingswood area of the city.

Avon and Somerset Police want to find Sahin Tuncel following an incident on Pound road, Kingswood, Bristol on Monday 30 May 2011.

At around 9.45pm a man was violently assaulted and left with serious injuries which required treatment at the intensive care unit at Frenchay hospital.

Sahin who is of Turkish origin also has many links to Bristol, Gloucester, South Wales, the West Midlands and North London.

If you have any information regarding his whereabouts or were a witness to the incident, please contact Operation DRAPE at Emersons Green Police Station on 01179 286016 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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