Arrest after vicious attack on taxi driver who was lured into dead end street

A man has been arrested after a vicious attack on a taxi driver. As reported in the Manchester Evening News, Mohammed Zubair was lured into a dead end street before being assaulted by a thug wearing a knuckle duster.

He suffered a fracture to his cheekbone in the incident in Monsall on May 3, which he believes was racially motivated. Mr Zubair says he had picked up a young girl and a man from the area and taken them to a convenience store in Rochdale Road, Harpurhey. But on the return journey he claims he was asked to drive into a different street and punched from behind by the man.

In a statement today, Greater Manchester Police said: "A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault. He remains in custody at this time."

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Mr Zubair, believes he was assaulted just because he was wearing "Asian clothing" on the second day of Eid. Yesterday he slammed police for their slow response after he managed to secure a CCTV image of the suspect, and told police he had it.

Mr Zubair required hospital treatment as he suffered a break due to the thug wearing a knuckle duster when he hit him. He reported the attack immediately to police at Monsall Police Station and later received treatment at Manchester Royal Infirmary and Fairfield Hospital in Bury.

He told the Manchester Evening News yesterday: "I had a job to pick up a couple in Monsall at 4.30pm. It was a young girl and a guy who wanted to be taken to a convenience store on Rochdale Road in Harpurhey. On the way back they asked to take a right instead of going back to exactly where I picked them up which was a dead end street." Mr Zubair, 35, who works for Cresta Cars, has been a taxi