‘Gang of girls' attack elderly woman in park leaving her bleeding from the head

A woman in her 70s has suffered a serious head injury after she was attacked by a gang of girls and left bleeding on the floor.
Emergency services were called to Sutton Park in Birmingham on Wednesday where the woman was found injured on the floor.
Witnesses told police they say a 'a group of aggressive girls hitting an old lady' around 7.30pm near the play area.
They wrote online: 'I witnessed this too and thought it was disgusting.
'Shouting in front of my daughter, and other children. Disgusting behaviour.
'Saw the older women on the floor at one point. I saw the women holding her head with tissue, think it was bleeding. More Trending
'Know police got called though hope she is okay.'
West Midlands Police said: 'We were called to reports of disorder involving a group of women close to Banners Gate Lodge, Sutton Park, on Wednesday [June 18], shortly after 7.40pm.
'One woman, in her 70s, was taken to hospital with a head injury.'
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