A boy has been rushed to hospital after being attacked in an Ayrshire town centre this evening.
Emergency services, including Police Scotland and Scottish Ambulance Service, rushed to High Street in Kilmarnock shortly before 6.30pm after the alarm was raised of a youngster having been seriously assaulted.
He was rushed to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow to receive treatment. His age, the extent of his injuries and his current condition is not yet known.
