Man, 73, punched and kicked after he left Birmingham mosque as cops hunt three attackers
COPS have launched an investigation after a 73-year-old man was attacked by three men as he walked home from a mosque.
The elderly man was kicked in the back and left on the ground by the three men in Kings Heath, Birmingham.
The attackers assaulted the man after parking a black vehicle on York Road.
The victim hit his head on a display board before the three men fled.
He was taken to hospital with a broken hand and cuts to his face after the attack, which happened at around 11pm yesterday.
Sargent Chris Gallon of West Midlands Police said: “This was an appalling attack on a member of the public who was heading home.
“We’ll be taking a full statement from the victim, who remains in hospital today, and we’ve already got officers in the area this morning recovering CCTV and carrying out house-to-house enquiries we are working hard to identify the attackers and the car that they were in.
“We’ll also have extra officers in the area for reassurance, and it’s important that anyone with concerns comes to speak to us.
“At this stage the motive for the attack is not clear, but there is nothing to suggest any connection at all to the recent attack on a man who was walking home from a mosque in Edgbaston.”
The attackers are described as two white men and one black man, all aged between 18 and 30 and all were described as wearing tracksuits.