A teenager was attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning while, he claimed, attempting to assist Police investigating a robbery.

The 19-year-old from Southampton suffered a wound over his left eye and was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after the incident at about 3.45 a.m. on Water Street, St. George's.

A Police spokesman would not explain what the teenager was doing at the time of the alleged assault but said Police officers were not present.

A statement from Bermuda Police Service said: "At 3.50 a.m. on Sunday, Police attended a reported assault on Water Street in St. George's.

"The victim, a 19-year-old Southampton man, stated that around 3.45 a.m. Sunday he was assisting Police officers investigating an earlier reported robbery (involving the snatching of a gold chain from an 18-year-old Southampton man; he was not injured) when he was assaulted by an 18-year-old St. George's man, who then made good his escape. A Police vehicle was also damaged in the process."

Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident to contact the St. George's Criminal Investigation Unit on 293-2222.