A hedgehog has been killed after a group of teenagers put in a bucket which was repeatedly kicked.

The incident happened in the Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds on Monday at around 5:40 in the afternoon.
Five teenagers, four male and one female, were seen putting the animal into a bucket before it was kicked in the air and then repeatedly kicked on the ground.

The hedgehog, a species officially classified as vulnerable to extinction, suffered severe injuries and is believed to have died.

Some of the teenagers were in school uniform at the time of the incident.

Police are asking anyone who knows anything about the incident to contact them on their non-emergency number 101 or email ceoburystedmunds@suffolk.police.uk, quoting reference 37/56289/23.