Police hunt for tomato-throwing attacker

Police are investigating a bid of attacks successful which effect was hurled astatine pedestrians - leaving 1 idiosyncratic earnestly injured by a herb aimed astatine their head.

The seemingly unprovoked assaults happened successful Eastbourne and Hastings successful East Sussex.

Apples and different "unknown projectiles" are thought to person been thrown from a conveyance connected 7 occasions, constabulary said.

There are not thought to beryllium immoderate links betwixt the victims and officers person appealed for witnesses to travel forward.

The bizarre attacks included 1 idiosyncratic being deed successful the look with an pome portion walking on Bohemia Road successful Hastings, connected 12 April.

Another was struck successful the limb with a herb portion walking on Firle Road successful Eastbourne the pursuing evening.

Later the aforesaid time a further 2 attacks happened successful The Bourne, Hastings, 1 involving a idiosyncratic being deed successful the caput with a herb and different with an chartless entity - some causing superior injuries.

A Sussex Police spokeswoman said: "Most of these attacks person occurred during daytime hours erstwhile the victims person been retired unsocial successful unfastened and successful nationalist places.

"In each cases the victims person been going astir their regular daily erstwhile they person been deed by items believed to person been thrown oregon propelled successful immoderate mode from a vehicle.

"There person been nary links established betwixt each of the victims, nevertheless it is believed that these incidents are portion of a series.

"We are asking immoderate witnesses to travel forward, arsenic good arsenic immoderate further victims.”

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