A COUNCIL street sweeper was racially assaulted as he cleaned a Westhulme subway.

The 48-year-old was cleaning the Featherstall Road subway close to the Martha Street entrance at 9.20am on Tuesday when a gang of six Asian youths smashed a wooden post through the side window.

They then rained blows on the sweeper with clubs, posts and bats and hit the victim’s leg as he tried to get out of the vehicle.

As the attack took place, the gang shouted, “Asians rule supreme” and “get out of our area white scum”. They ran away when the victim called the police...............

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I’m surprised that the police are treating the matter as a racially aggravated incident