Detectives investigating a suspected hate crime that left a teenage asylum seeker fighting for his life have released the images of three people they wish identify and question.
The two men and a woman are being sought in connection with the attack on a 17-year-old Kurdish Iranian who was attacked at a bus stop in Croydon, south east London. Eight people are being held on suspicion of attempted murder following a series of arrests over the weekend.
The Metropolitan Police said they know “approximately 20” were involved the incident that left the boy with a fractured skull and a blood clot on his brain.
On Monday police renewed their appeal for witnesses and information as the victim remained in hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Detective Inspector Gary Castle, from Croydon CID, said: “Whilst arrests have been made, we now know that a large number of people, approximately 20, were involved in the attack on the victim.
“A number of them approached the victim as he waited at a bus stop with two friends outside The Goat public house in the Shrublands.
“It is understood that the suspects asked the victim where he was from and when they established that he was an asylum seeker they chased him and launched a brutal attack. He sustained serious head and facial injuries as a result of this attack, which included repeated blows to the head by a large group of attackers.
