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Police in Hackney are appealing for witnesses and information after a vicious assault in a London Fields launderette.

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The 40 year old male victim, who works at the premises in Greenwood Road, was left with cuts on his head when a man allegedly attacked him with a glass bottle on Sunday May 6 just after 3pm.

The suspect is described as a light-skinned black man, approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall, of a large build, wearing blue jeans and a blue Adidas baseball cap.

Anyone with information is asked to contact DC Jessica Smart, from Hackney’s Serious and Acquisitive Crime Squad, on 0207 275 3232, quoting reference 4612061/12. Alternatively contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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