Pensioner’s oxygen bag ‘set alight by teenagers’

A PENSIONER in Hull has been left with facial burns after teenagers reportedly set fire to an oxygen bag used to help him breathe.

The 74-year-old man was walking along Hurley Close, delivering Christmas cards, between 4pm and 6pm on Sunday when the offence happened.

Police yesterday said that two teenage boys, who passed him on bicycles, flicked at a cigarette at the man, causing his oxygen bag to catch fire.

The victim suffered burns to his face, nose, mouth and back.

Police are also trying to trace a man and woman, who stopped to help him following the attack, who could assist with officers’ enquiries.