Police plea after walker struck with a hammer
Saturday 11th June 2011, 11:30AM BST.
A woman suffered head injuries after she was the victim of an unprovoked hammer attack as she walked along a canal towpath near Oswestry, police said.
Officers said the victim was attacked by another woman as she walked along the towpath at Hindford on Tuesday.
She had just left the Jack Mytton pub on the canal and was walking along the towpath at about 9.10pm when she passed her female attacker going in the opposite direction, police said.
The woman was then struck on the head several times in an apparently unprovoked attack, officers said. It is believed a hammer found at the scene by officers may have been used in the attack.
Officers today said the victim managed to get away and raised the alarm at a nearby canal barge. The attacker ran off along the towpath and, despite a police search, was not found.
“Anyone who witnessed the incident or saw anyone matching this description making off from the area is asked to contact police on 0300 3333000. Information can also be passed on anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.”
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