Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was assaulted in a nature reserve in Bury St Edmunds.

The incident happened on land behind the King Edward VI Upper School in Grove Road between 6pm and 6.30pm on Saturday 29 July.

The victim was with a friend when he was punched in the face by two young men. He was pushed into a bush and suffered facial injuries and his T-shirt was ripped.

One of his assailants is described as white, about 5ft 9in tall and wearing a black tracksuit with a hood. The other is also white, about 5ft 8ins tall, with fair hair and wearing a T-shirt and either jeans or tracksuit bottoms. They were with two other males and a teenage girl.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or who has any information is asked to contact Suffolk Police, quoting crime reference 37/44725/23.