Woman seriously injured in unprovoked attack by group of men in Clydebank
The 26-year-old was seriously assaulted by five youths in the early hours of Sunday
A woman has been left seriously injured after she was subjected to an unprovoked attack by a group of men in Clydebank.
The 26-year-old was with a friend on Hawthorn Street just after midnight on Sunday morning when she was seriously assaulted by five youths.
She was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow where she was treated for serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.
The suspects are described as five men, all around 17-years-old. One was approximately 5ft tall, with brown hair, wearing a dark jacket and a black beanie hat. A second was wearing a luminous pink top and dark bottoms. Whilst the other three were all wearing dark clothing.
Detective Constable Imran Abuzar, from Clydebank CID, said: “This was a vicious and unprovoked attack and we can only be thankful that the injuries were not even more severe.
“We are aware that there were a number of people and motorists in the area around the time of the incident, so are appealing to anyone who witnessed the attack, or believes they saw a group of men matching the descriptions, to please come forward.”
Anyone with information should call police on 101, quoting incident 0024 of 12 December. Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, if you wish to remain anonymous.
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