Man beaten unconscious after challenging youths over stones thrown at his car on Sheffield street
Victim suffers broken ribs after attack on Sheffield street
A Sheffield motorist has told how he was beaten unconscious by a group of teenagers after he challenged them over throwing stones at this car.
Deliver driver Zaheer Ahmed got out of his car in Parson Cross and started to approach the group when the attack started, leaving him with facial injuries including two black eyes and broken ribs.
He is calling for action over the incident on Sunday evening (November 8).
The 39-year-old was working as a delivery driver at the time of the incident and was heading for Asda, Parson Cross, to collect an item, when a group of youths next to Remington Road started throwing stones at his vehicle at around 7pm.
Zaheer said: “They hit my car with stones, and I got out. of the car. That was my biggest mistake. I asked ‘why are you throwing stones at my car?’
“They came over, and one fell off his bike. They tried to bully me and verbally racially abused me.
“When I approached them they surrounded me, punched me in the face until I lost consciousness, and continued kicking me leaving me with facial injuries and three fractured ribs.”
He was taken to hospital, and given a body scan and says he is now struggling to sit up because of his injuries, and is unable to work.
He said: “It is the second time I have been targeted, having had stones thrown at his vehicle previously near Farmfoods.
“I respectfully urge the authorities to give this urgent attention, increase visible community policing in our area, and put proper youth support and engagement programmes in place so that both young people and residents are supported and protected.
“No one should feel unsafe or face violence on their own street, and we need meaningful action to ensure this does not keep happening again and again.”
He added: “I want action before someone is killed because of this sort of thing. What happened if someone crashes their car because of this?”
South Yorkshire Police have been approached for comment.
Sheffield Council member Coun Mustafa Ahmed said: “Behind every incident like this is a real person, a family and a livelihood. This is someone who is simply trying to earn an honest living, provide for his family and put food on the table for his children.
“As a councillor, I find it heartbreaking that residents should experience this level of violence in their own communities. We cannot simply accept this as normal. Our residents deserve to feel safe in their neighbourhoods.
“As a community, we must stand together against violence.”