Homeless people assaulted in two incidents
Police are appealing for information following an assault in Westminster.
At around 4.30am on Thursday a rough sleeper was attacked by two men in Victoria Street, close to Artillery Row.
Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended and the 44-year-old man was taken to a South London hospital where he remains in a critical condition.
The suspects fled the scene before police arrived.
As a result of CCTV enquiries, one of the men was identified as having been in the area of a second assault on a rough sleeper outside Waterloo railway station around two hours after the Westminster attack.
During this assault, the 32-year-old man suffered head injuries. He attended a South London hospital where he remains in a stable condition.
Police have released CCTV images of a man they wish to identify and speak with in connection with the assault on Victoria Street.
He is described as white, and was wearing a dark blue jacket, blue trousers and white trainers.
Anyone with information is asked to contact officers based in Westminster via 101 quoting reference Cad 1910/07May.
A 34-year-old man has been charged in connection with the assault in Waterloo.
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