A teenager has been taken to hospital after being repeatedly kicked in the head by a group of thugs. 

Police were called around 10.30pm on Monday April 17 after two men, aged 19 and 20, were attacked by a group of four or five youths on BMX bicycles in Gratwicke Road on the junction with Shelley Road, Worthing. 

The 19-year-old was pushed to the ground and repeatedly kicked, sustaining cuts to the head which required treatment at Worthing Hospital

The suspects are described as all white, aged 16-20, of slim build and wearing dark-coloured clothing, possibly hooded tops. 

Sussex Police are asking witnesses are anyone with information to call 101 quoting serial 1333 of 17/04.