A BOY who was attacked by teenagers in the street is being urged to come forward by detectives.

The youths are being questioned by police after the assault in King’s Avenue, Ramsgate, on Thursday, January 4.

Witnesses said they saw a Ford Ranger truck with four people in it stop in the road between 8pm and 8.30pm.

Some of the people inside got out and attacked a boy walking along the pavement. He disappeared before officers could speak to him and they are appealing for him to contact them.

The teenagers were arrested after police stopped the truck in Whitehall Road at around 8.30pm.

The four – two 16-year-olds, a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old – are all from Ramsgate.

The boy who was attacked, or anyone who saw the assault, is asked to contact Det Sgt Claire Munday at Margate police station on 01843 222066.