Bicyclist assaulted near Brookline T stop

By Globe Staff

Brookline police are searching today for four teenagers who used a wooden two-by-four to assault a young man on a bicycle near the Longwood T stop Monday night.

The victim was riding a bicycle on the Longwood footbridge at 6:20 p.m. when, he told police, he saw three black teenagers wearing baggy jeans and dark sweatshirts standing in his path. One of the teens had a goatee and weighed 150 to 175 pounds.

A heavyset Asian teenager jumped out of some bushes and hit the bicyclist from behind with the two-by-four. The Asian teenager weighed about 185 pounds and was wearing baggy jeans and a blue bandana, police said.

The victim fell to the ground and was repeatedly kicked and punched by all four assailants before they fled on foot toward the Fenway area, police said.

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