Five teenagers have been arrested after they allegedly attacked a disabled woman by covering her in flour and eggs.

They then posed for pictures that were put online showing them posing behind the woman who was sat on a park bench in Bury St Edmunds on Friday.

Police said two 17-year-old boys and two 15-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with the incident but have been released on bail.

The woman, who was in her 40s, was said to have been left distressed but not physically injured

This afternoon police revealed a fifth person, a 15-year-old boy, had been arrested in connection with the attack.


The assault happened at around 5.30pm on Friday, July 27 in St Olaves Road, Bury St Edmunds.



The victim, a woman in her 40s, was assaulted by a group of teenagers who threw flour and eggs over her after a verbal altercation, said the police.

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The woman was severely distressed but not physically injured, they said.

The image has sparked anger in the community, but innocent people have been targeted as a result of the attack.

A man wrongly threatened on Facebook who cannot be named for legal reasons said: ‘There’s a photo doing the rounds at moment of a group of young boys harassing an elderly woman in Bury.

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Police said two 17-year-old boy and two 15-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with the incident (Picture: SWNS)

‘They’ve been named and shamed and one of them happens to also be called [name redacted].

‘I would just like to clarify I’m not that [name redacted] and THAT’S NOT ME IN THE PHOTO.

‘I’m much older than the boys in the photo and now that’s cleared up, I would appreciate it if people stopped messaging me/threatening me about this.’

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Social media star Robin Armstrong posted the image to his 750,000 followers saying he wants to ‘lead the way’ in finding the youths.

He said: ‘You little f****g nothings have been over to an old woman with disabilities, poured water all over her head and then poured flour all over and stopped for a photograph.

‘That photographs says a thousand things – I don’t even have to say any words.

The social media post has created anger in Bury St Edmunds

‘You scummy little w*****. You deserve to have your heads ripped off your shoulders.

‘I’ve got your names now so I’m going to put your names in the comments and your profiles in the comments. You’re going to be chased out of your city – hunted down.

‘Your mums and dads lives are f*****g wrecked because of you.

‘Posing for a photograph? The only photograph you are going to be posing for are the ones the police are going to have.

‘Or the ones on the front of your tombstone because you deserve to be stoved in. Share this video and we will find these f*****s.

‘I can’t wait to lead the way.’

Another man said on Twitter: ‘These five sick f***s live in Bury St Edmunds and think it’s funny to pour water over a old disabled woman’s head then cover her in flour let’s make these f*****s Twitter stars ~scum [sic]’

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