POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 26-year-old man was stabbed twice in the chest in a Barking car park.

The attack happened on February 25 in the car park of Tesco in Highbridge Road.

The victim, from Walthamstow, was taken to the Royal London Hospital with life threatening injuries but was discharged yesterday.

The suspect is an Asian man with a shaved head, 5ft 10inches tall with a muscular build, wearing green trousers and a white t-shirt or vest. He was driving a Silver Ford Focus.

Police want to speak to anyone who either witnessed this incident or thinks they may know the identity of the suspect or the registration number of the silver car.

Anyone with information should contact DetSgt Shane Donnelly of Barking and Dagenham CID on 020 8217 5544 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.