Three masked men armed with machetes are being hunted by police after they mugged a man and threatened a passer-by in a shocking attack in Bristol. The man was treated by paramedics for cuts and bruises after he was punched in the face and hit by the handle of the machete in the attack, which happened on a busy riverside path in St Anne’s on Tuesday afternoon.
Police rushed to the scene and launched a manhunt that involved a police dog and dog handler, but the three had escaped with the man’s bike and phone. Detectives have now launched an appeal to people living in the St Anne’s area to help catch them.
The incident happened at around 4.50pm on Tuesday, December 20. A man was riding his bicycle along the riverside path behind the Co-op store on Wyatts View in St Annes, when a masked man stepped out in front of him, grabbed the handlebars and demanded the bike.
