Teenage gang attacks man in Burnley (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Teenage gang attacks man in Burnley
9:12am Saturday 11th June 2011 in Briercliffe
By Nafeesa Shan, Reporter
AN 18-year-old man was left with a broken jaw after he was repeatedly kicked and punched by a gang.
Police are hunting up to five men following the assault in Talbot Street, Briercliffe, Burnley.
Detectives said the man, who is from the town, was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital for treatment.
Officers are appealing for information and are urging any witnesses to come forward.
The men are described as Asian, aged between 17 to 18 years old and were wearing dark clothing.
Police said one of the group was wearing a distinctive black hooded top with gold stripes.
Officers said the victim was white but the motive for the attack was not being treated as racist at this stage.
PC Qaiser Jabbar said: “This was a vicious and completely unprovoked attack.
"Although we have spoken to local residents, we are also keen to speak with anybody else who may have witnessed this attack or has any information about it.
“I would urge people to get in touch with any amount of information.”
Anybody with information about the attack on Wednesday at around 10pm should call police on 01282 425001 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Comments(9)
sackthegov
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9:02pm Sat 11 Jun 11
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Unfortunately this happens all too often and a large % of the attacks dont even get reported in this paper had there been 2 attacks on lone asian men walking along the road minding their own business by groups of white lads we would be having a re-run of the Burnley/Oldham riots!!
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Get a grip LET do your job
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Get a grip you alleged 'peaceful' muslims and get rid of the scum out of your society!
burnleyglentoran
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9:06pm Sat 11 Jun 11
simply_johnny
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9:07pm Sat 11 Jun 11
sackthegov wrote:do you know the difference between asians and muslims... ?
check out the 'pendletoday' website (aka Nelson Leader/Colne Times) they have report of a lone man walking along the road minding his own business being attacked last saturday (4th June) by, yes you better believe it, A GAND OF ASIAN YOUTHS!! and our good friends here at the LET didn't even bother reporting it!
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Unfortunately this happens all too often and a large % of the attacks dont even get reported in this paper had there been 2 attacks on lone asian men walking along the road minding their own business by groups of white lads we would be having a re-run of the Burnley/Oldham riots!!
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Get a grip LET do your job
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Get a grip you alleged 'peaceful' muslims and get rid of the scum out of your society!
seems you dont...
so simply put asians are pakistais, indians,chinese,kore
ans...
muslims can be english, paksitanis,chinese,m
exican,americans...
get my point
RAyzer
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9:28pm Sat 11 Jun 11
nice person
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10:28pm Sat 11 Jun 11
Izanears
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10:06am Sun 12 Jun 11
It would seem that these yobs even despise their own kind, particularly if like this young man they are highly educated, speak excellent English and want to join the police force.
RAyzer
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5:56pm Mon 13 Jun 11
Izanears wrote:doubt it mate...i think that ones made up!!!!!!its all race related...
The son of a friend of mine was badly injured in an attack by a group of Asian youths in Nelson a week or so ago. The surprising thing is that he to was Asian.
It would seem that these yobs even despise their own kind, particularly if like this young man they are highly educated, speak excellent English and want to join the police force.
MP'S work for us
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3:48pm Mon 4 Jul 11
RAyzer wrote:the police are even scared of them as they proved on saturday when they was shouting at each other to get away from the muslim youths running round with bars
4th incident like this in 2 month.....will the police address it or will it be hush hush and left alone as usual??
peely says...
7:35pm Sat 11 Jun 11
typical always so brave when they,re in a gang against a single bloke !!
Birch em - believe me they,d never do it again !!!