Man injured in petrol bomb attack while hanging St George’s flags in Stevenage
Police are investigating reports of a man hanging St George’s flags being hit in the head by a petrol bomb in Stevenage.
Hertfordshire Police report that a man in his 30s suffered a head cut after being struck by a glass bottle containing a lit rag.
A group calling themselves Stevenage Patriots posted footage of the incident, where a bottle and flames can be seen on the ground near a man with a head wound and blood on his face and hands.
In the video, someone can be heard saying: “Just finished the night, three hours of flagging – and our boy has been petrol-bombed.
“A petrol bomb was thrown at the car, smashed straight onto his head.”
Ch Insp Sarah Gilbertson stated: “Officers attended and spoke with the victim, a man in his 30s, who had suffered a laceration to his head.
“He was taken to Lister Hospital in Stevenage for treatment. It appears that the victim was struck by a glass bottle containing a lit rag and sustained a head cut.
Flag-raising groups have appeared across Britain in recent days as part of an online trend called "Operation Raise the Colours".
The trend began with residents in Birmingham installing hundreds of flags throughout the city last week in a ’patriotic outpouring’ and has since been followed by others across the country.
Birmingham City Council announced that it had removed the flags as it was upgrading streetlights to energy-efficient LED lighting.
Numerous towns have now witnessed guerrilla flag raisings in response.
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