Student Syed beaten by thugs

Syed Adnan Mashrur who was attacked at Newbold Tram Station

THE family of a student from Chadderton is too scared to let him travel on his own after he was attacked by thugs at a tram stop.

Syed Adnan Mashrur (19), a former North Chadderton School student, was travelling home from the University of Bradford and caught a tram at Rochdale. As it pulled into Newbold Station a white teenager around his age started swearing at Syed through the window. he leaned in and asked him for a fight.

When Syed went out to say he didn’t want to fight, he was attacked by a group of seven young men.

Syed, from Briarmere Walk in Chadderton, said: “I can’t remember much, I had a concussion. When I was gaining consciousness someone was asking if I was all right. I was bleeding.”

Syed called his cousin to pick him up but by then the police had arrived to check another attack nearby.

Syed had to take a week off university to recover at home.

“My family were shocked,” he added. “My parents were so worried, they took me to Bradford.

“I’ve dealt with racism as a kid when we first moved here, but nothing like this. I thought that was only because we were young and kids can be stupid. You don’t think people still do it at this age.”

A spokesman from Greater Manchester Police confirmed they are investigating the incident and it is being treated as an assault. No arrests have yet been made.