
Police investigating the assault of a 17-year-old with a golf club in Rochdale have made an arrest.
Shortly after 2.00am on Saturday 2 June, police were called to reports that a car had collided with another car on Smithy Bridge Road in Littleborough.
When the teenager got out of the car he was struck by the other car, before being assaulted with a golf club. He has since required surgery.
His friend in the driver’s seat was injured when another one of the offenders smashed his window with a metal object.
The offending group of men were heard shouting racial abuse at the teenager and his friends before they fled towards Hollingworth Lake.
Greater Manchester Police said this incident is being treated as a hate crime.
A 19-year-old man was arrested yesterday (6 June) on suspicion of a section 18 assault.
Detective Sergeant Andrew Dixon said: “We have received an excellent response from the public in relation to this attack and we hope this will continue.
“The 17-year-old victim has undergone surgery and his family are supporting him as his hopes and dreams to be a professional rugby player hang in the balance.”