Troubled teen attacked a baby in a pram 'while two carers did nothing'

A troubled teenager attacked a baby in his pram during a walk through the park 'while two carers did nothing', his mother said.

Mother-of-three Koyan Abdulla, 34, described how the attacker repeatedly scratched at her baby son and grabbed his head.

She said the teenage girl, said to have been throwing stones and kicking ducks, suddenly attacked nine-month-old Nali Hassan in his pram as she was strolling through Moses Gate Country Park in Bolton.

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Baby Nali was taken to hospital but later released. Police have arrested a 17-year-old girl on suspicion of assault.

Describing the incident at 1pm on September 15, mum Koyan, from Farnworth, said she was more upset with two carers meant to be looking after the girl who she alleged 'did nothing' while her baby was attacked.

She told the M.E.N: "We often go to that park. I'd just been to Asda. I brought some toast for the ducks. Suddenly, I don't know who she was, starting speaking to Nali. There were two ladies at the side, one of them on the phone.

"The girl came around the side of the pram and pulled at Nali's head, trying to pull his head away from his body. I was just shocked. All I was thinking was to remove the hand and that's what I did and I started crying 'no, no, no'.

"When I removed the hand, it was very strong and they started scratching. There was blood on his head. When I removed the hand she just came back again.

"I just took Nali out of the pram and hugged him and ran to the other side of the park."

She described how the teenager had been throwing stones and kicking at ducks, and had sworn obscenities at her. Koyan said police later told her that the two women who were with the