A man walking home from work was attacked and beaten by a large group of people on the Gold Coast late Sunday, police said.



The 36-year-old man suffered a laceration above his right eye and bruising to his head and body during the attack at 10 p.m. in the 800 block of North Dewitt Place, police said, citing early reports.



The group of attackers was comprised of between 15 and 20 males and females, police said. Preliminary police reports indicated that they may have been teenagers.



Police are listing the attack as a battery and there is no indication that the man was robbed, said Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Robert Perez. The attackers did not appear to say anything to the man to indicate why he was targeted, Perez said.



"It was without provocation, they just attacked," Perez said.



The man was taken to nearby Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was treated and released.



Police had no other details.



Several youths were charged Sunday following an attack Saturday night that left a man with a broken jaw.



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