A 70-year-old cyclist has been assaulted by another man on a bicycle in Dundee.
The pensioner suffered a double fracture of his cheekbone after the attack on the cycle path behind Sensation in the city centre on Monday afternoon.
The victim had been cycling in the Nethergate area of Dundee City Centre at about 12.45 when another cyclist a man believed to be aged about 50 – seemed to take umbrage at him and shouted at him, near to Nandos restaurant.
The elder of the two men cycled on, down Union Street, onto Greenmarket and along Seabraes to the cycle path behind Sensation. It was then that he realised the other cyclist had been following him and so he stopped.
The other man then got off his bike, approached the 70-year-old swore at him and assaulted him, knocking him off of his bike. He then cycled off towards Riverside Drive, near the railway bridge.
Shocked by the incident, the injured man cycled home and, a short time later, was taken by ambulance to Ninewells Hospital where it was confirmed he had suffered a double fracture of his cheekbone.
His attacker is described as being about five feet nine inches tall, stocky, with grey hair and grey stubble. At the time he wore grey-coloured clothing.
Officers are currently carrying out an extensive review of public and private CCTV, but would appeal to anyone who witnessed the incidents in Nethergate or Seabraes, or who saw the cyclists anywhere in between, to call 101, or speak to any officer.
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