A story is trending about a South African cyclist who was stabbed in the head by attackers in Cape Town on Monday afternoon.

Shaun Wayne, a waiter who had been on his way to work, managed to get back on his bike with the blade still stuck in his skull and ride for help to a nearby doctor.

Graphic photos of the lodged knife were shared on Facebook by former champion cyclist Wimpie van der Merwe, saying it was the same place he was attacked last week.

A doctor at the local surgery, Brendan Venter, a former Springbok rugby player and a rugby coach, is quoted by the UK Daily Mail as saying: “One of our female doctors was on duty and she was called to a patient with a knife wound.

“To say it was dramatic to see him with a knife sticking out of the side of his head was an understatement but he was very calm and lucid although bleeding a lot.”