Man arrested after 80-year-old receives multiple fractures and facial injuries in 'unprovoked attack'

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Natwest on Packer Street

A man has been arrested after an 80-year-old man and his son were assaulted in Rochdale last weekend.

The victims were attacked shortly after 10pm on Saturday 5 February outside the Natwest Bank on Packer Street and the elderly gentleman sustained multiple fractures and facial injuries.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault and is being questioned in custody but officers are still looking for a second suspect believed to have been involved in the attack.

Detective Constable Melanie Jeffery, of Rochdale CID, said: "This appears to have been an unprovoked attack on an elderly gentleman and his son who were walking for a taxi.

"CCTV of the incident has been obtained but there may also have been a number of witnesses to the incident in the vicinity and we ask for them to come forward."

Any information can be passed to Rochdale CID on 0161 856 8576 quoting log number 3048 of 05/02/2022.

Information can also be reported online or by using the Live Chat function at www.gmp.police.uk.

If you can't report online, call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.