A man from Cambridge has told of the "scary" racist abuse he and his fiancée received while at a cash machine in Chesterton.

The 32-year-old, who wished to remain anonymous, was the victim of racial abuse before the attackers threw what he believed to be a corrosive liquid at his car.

The incident happened outside Tesco Express in Chesterton High Street at around 9.15pm on Friday (October 26).

The unidentified liquid narrowly avoided his fiancée's open window but he claims it damaged his car's exterior.

Speaking of his horror, he said: "I picked my fiancée up from work on Friday night and while we were deciding what to eat, I went to the cash machine near Tesco's Express in Chesterton.

The incident happened outside Tesco Express in Chesterton High Street

"My fiancée was having a cigarette with the window open - and suddenly we heard someone shout "P***".

"I turned around and saw people driving off in a van.

"The was a lot of commotion and my fiancée was in shock. It appeared they had thrown some kind of corrosive liquid at the car.

"Thankfully it ricocheted off the side of the car and she wasn't hurt but I hate to think about how different that could have been.

"The liquid was splattered all over the floor.

"I ran into the shop and asked for the footage from their cameras, I phoned police who re-directed me to 101.

"When I got through to 101 they said they would dispatch someone, but I was scared and I phoned my brothers for protection."

But this was not the last the man heard from the attackers, who he says drove past again shortly afterwards.

He claims they were in a van and had come from the direction of the notorious Fen Road.

He said he felt targeted by the incident and as though the attackers had a vendetta against him.

"This incident could have been really dangerous. I keep thinking what if it had hit my fiancé or what if my child or my mother or father had been in the car," he continued.

"It is so scary."

The corrosive liquid avoided his fiancé who was sat in the car but caused damage to the vehicle's exterior.

He said the attack represents a growing problem of racism in Cambridge.

He said: "I am Cambridge born and bred and I grew up on Darwin Drive.

"Cambridge is such a beautiful place which used to feel so safe, sadly that is no longer the case.

"I'm not interested in any of this 'eye for an eye' nonsense, I go to work and I come home.

"My fiancé and I were both so shocked, we didn't sleep at all that night.

"It's not fair, things like this can escalate very quickly."

Cambridgeshire Police have been approached for a comment.