Police search for three teenagers after a man required surgery following a Whitburn assault
Northumbria Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Whitburn.
Police are appealing to the public for help after a man required leg surgery following an attack in South Tyneside.
At around 6.05pm on Sunday, May 10, emergency services were alerts to reports of an injured man on Fieldside, in Whitburn.
The man, who is in his late 20s, had sustained injuries that were consistent with having been assaulted.
He was taken to hospital with a leg injury, which required surgery - he has since been discharged following treatment.
Officers say that those believed to have been involved in the incident, which took place in a field opposite Whitburn pond, had fled the area prior to police arriving.
An investigation is underway and Northumbria Police’s Criminal Investigation Department are appealing to members of the public for information.
Police say that the suspects are understood to be three teenage boys, aged between 16 and 17 - with one described as a white male, around 5ft 7ins tall, with brown curly hair and wearing a black tracksuit.
Detectives are keen to hear from anyone in the area who saw the assault take place or knows who might be involved.
They are also asking residents with CCTV and doorbell footage, or passing motorists with dashcam footage, to come forward and speak to them.
Anyone with information relating to the incident should send Northumbria Police a direct message on social media or use the live chat and report forms on the Force’s website at: .
If you cannot contact officers in these ways, then you should call 101.
Those with any information should quote the reference number: 26000348602.