POLICE today are continuing the search for a gang of muggers who pushed a pensioner through a plate glass window.

Horrified shoppers saw the 71-year-old man attacked and robbed by three youths wearing hoodies.

The victim suffered serious cuts to his hands and legs when he crashed through the front of an empty shop. He needed hospital treatment for his injuries.

Police closed the road while they launched an investigation. They described it as “a horrendous attack”.

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