Two men have been charged in connection with the stabbing of a 22-year-old in a Banbury park.

Atique Akhtar, 20, and Umar Bashir, 21, were arrested after the man was stabbed in the stomach in Moorfield Park at about 11.50am on Thursday.

Akhtar, of Fergusson Road, has been charged with one count of grievous bodily harm with intent.

Bashir, of Woodfield, has been charged with one count of wounding with intent.

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