Crime round up: Second attack near Blackwall Tunnel

One hit the victim with a brick or a lump of wood, while another pushed the woman to the ground and ran off with her handbag into Nairn Street.

She lost a mobile phone and other personal items. The victim declined medical aid.

The suspects from the attack - which occurred at 2.25am on Friday (January 9) - are white and between 30 and 40-years-old and 25 to 35-years-old respectively.

It follows a New Year's Eve attack in the area when a couple were mugged and the man was stabbed repeatedly in the face.

Anyone with information should contact the Robbery Squad's PC Gary Fernon on 0208 2173838 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

- Police are hunting for a group of males who knocked a victim unconscious and broke his nose in a late-night assault in Limehouse.

The pair walked in front of the 20-year-old man and deliberately barged him as he walked on the footbridge next to Carr Street at 11.05 on Friday (January 9).

The victim made a remark and continued walking, but they approached him from behind and pinned him against the wall.

After he tried to struggle, one removed his mobile phone from his jacket pocket while the other briefly knocked him out with a punch. The men made off down Carr Street.

The E14 man sustained a broken nose and cut top lip, and was taken to an East London hospital for treatment.

The first suspect is described as withe, 20 to 25-years-old, 6'2, with a shaved head, wearing a navy parka-style jacket, blue jeans and white trainers.

The second is white, 20 to 23-years-old, 5'9, with short cropped brown hair, wearing a black bomber-style jacket, blue jeans and brown Timberland-style boots.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact DC Dean Musgrove in the Robbery Squad on 0208 2173838 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.