Two youths have been arrested, after a 73-year-old man was attacked while walking home from a Birmingham mosque on Wednesday evening and left with a broken hand.
The victim was kicked in the back, causing him to fall and hit his head, as the assault unfolded on York Road, in the Kings Heath area of the city, at 11pm, West Midlands Police said.
Three people got out of a parked black vehicle before one ran up to the victim and kicked him as he walked along the street.
The injured man was taken to hospital with a broken hand and cuts to his face.
Police said they detained two 16-year-old boys for questioning after the incident.
The force said there was nothing to suggest any link to an attack last week on another elderly man.
All three assailants then fled. The injured man was taken to hospital, with a broken hand and cuts to his face.
“This was an appalling attack on a member of the public who was heading home," said Sgt Chris Gallon, of West Midlands Police.
Sgt Gallon said officers would be taking an account from the victim, who remained in hospital, and making door-to-door inquiries and checking security cameras.
The attackers were described as two white men and one black man, all wearing tracksuits.
Sgt Gallon said the motive was “not clear” but there was nothing to suggest any links to an attack last week on another older man.
He was set alight in the Edgbaston area of the city while walking home from a mosque.
A man was charged and remanded into custody in connection with that attack, while the victim was recovering in hospital after suffering burns to his head, hands and chest.
