TWO teenage boys have attacked an elderly wheelchair-bound woman with a broken bottle in Wollongong.

The 79-year-old woman was in her chair on the footpath of Rothery Street in Bellambi when she was approached about 2.15pm yesterday by two boys believed to be in their early teens, police said.



One of the boys asked the woman for a cigarette, which she declined.



Both boys then pushed and shook the woman's chair before picking up a glass bottle and smashing the top off it.



One boy threw the bottle at the victim, striking her on the lower leg and causing a large laceration.



The boys, both described as having medium build, one with dark hair and possibly wearing a school uniform, and the other with light hair wearing a light-coloured shirt and blue/grey jeans, then ran from the scene.



The woman was taken to a nearby medical centre, where she received stitches to her wound.



Police are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the assault to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.





Originally published as Woman in wheelchair bashed with bottle