Man punched in the face in race-hate street attack
A man was punched in the face by two men as he walked down the street.
The racial attack happened when the 20-year-old victim was walking along Kimberley Road near London Road, Stoneygate.
The victim, who is white, was approached by two men who racially abused him before assaulting him.
He was punched in the face and suffered injuries to his eye and chin, but did not need hospital treatment.
The first suspect is Asian, aged between 17 and 18 and 5ft 10ins. He had facial hair along his jaw line and was wearing a white shirt.
The second suspect is also Asian, aged between 16 and 17, 5ft 10ins and was wearing a black T-shirt.
The attack happened at about 2.30am on Saturday, December 6. Police have just released details.
Pc Anil Chauhan, who is investigating, said: "We know there was a group of girls in the area at the time of the incident and it is possible they saw what happened. If this was you please get in touch.
"We are also keen to speak to anyone else who was in the area."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Pc Chauhan on 0116 222 2222.
Comments
by Caroline Lawton, Lancashire
Tuesday, January 13 2009, 1:52PM
“I was very pleased to see your paper showing that racism works both ways, over here in Bolton I hav had several friends racially attacked, but the police & news papers will not admit it is racial even though all the lads undertaking the attack were of asian descent theu told one of my friends "Sir this is not a racial attack it is just youthful exuberance", so it is nice to see a newspaper telling the truth, THANK YOU!!”