POLICE are hunting a "substance" attacker after a woman was reportedly doused in the face with a corrosive fluid.

       The 30-year-old was taken to hospital but was not seriously injured and has since been discharged.

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       Police are hunting a 'substance' attacker after a woman was attacked in Fleetwood, Lancashire Credit: MEN Media 2

       Police say they want to speak to 19-year-old Mickey Blundell following Sunday's 'targeted' attack

       Officers raced to an address in Fleetwood, Lancs, at around 1.30pm on Sunday where they found the woman.

       They believe she had been assaulted and had ammonia thrown at her inside a property on Whinfield Road.

       Police say they want to speak to 19-year-old Mickey Blundell following Sunday's "targeted" attack.

       Det Insp Kirsty Wyatt, of Lancashire Police said: “It is only a matter of luck that this victim did not receive more significant injuries and we are treating this extremely seriously.

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       “We are carrying out our own enquiries to trace the suspect, but we would also like to appeal for the public’s help to find him.

       "If anyone sees Blundell or knows where he may be I would ask them not to approach him but to contact police as a matter of urgency.”

       Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting log 0646 of March 3.

       For immediate sightings call 999.

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