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These are the two men who match a police description of suspects being hunted over a hit-and-run that left a schoolboy badly hurt.

The 10-year-old victim was mown down by a stolen motorbike on a pedestrian crossing.

The rider roared off before dumping the white Triumph and fleeing on foot.

Police yesterday issued a description of two men they are hunting in connection with the hit-and-run.

The description closely matches a snap circulating widely on social media.

In the picture, the rider and pillion passenger are in helmets with scarves covering their faces.

The picture was taken a few hours before the hit and run on Ferry Road, Drylaw, Edinburgh, at 6.35pm on Saturday.

Disgusted locals believe the pair on the bike are the thugs being hunted.

The boy was crossing on a green man when he was hit by the Triumph Daytona 650cc that had been stolen from Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, that day.

The young victim needed surgery for broken collar bones and a broken thigh, elbow and wrist.

(Image: SWNS)

The bike in the picture looks similar to the one that ploughed into him.

Police said there were two motorbikes involved in the hit and run – a Triumph and a red bike.

Both overtook a line of traffic waiting at a red light before the Triumph hit the boy.

(Image: Daily Record)

A resident, who asked not to be named, said: “The pair in the photo were going up and down the same part of Ferry Road earlier that day.

“The picture has been going around on Snapchat.”

Police said: “The first motorbikle was red. It was driven by a rider wearing a red and black ski-type jacket and a white helmet with a purple and orange design.

The Triumph rider was wearing a grey hooded top, dark tracksuit bottoms and a white helmet with a coloured design on it.

Both riders had scarves covering their faces.

The boy was last night in a “serious but stable condition” in hospital.

Chief Inspector James Jones said: “We require the public’s assistance so we can bring the person responsible to justice.”