Police have released CCTV footage of an man getting kicked and punched in an attempted robbery of a Sidcup post office.
Officers were called to a robbery at the store in St James Way at 10.30pm on Saturday, January 7.
As the 46-year-old employee was shutting the shop, two men pushed open the door and asasulted the victim by punching and kicking him.
The two men demanded the victim hand over the keys to the shop.
The suspects were then disturbed by a group of children about to enter the shop and left with a bunch of keys that fell out of the victim's pockets during the assault. The keys were not for the shop.
No arrests have been made yet and enquiries are ongoing.
The first suspect is described as a medium built black man, aged in his mid 30s and 5ft 6ins. He was wearing a black mask, a black leather jacket over a blue hooded top, blue tracksuit trousers and red trainers.
The second suspect is described as a slim white man, aged in his 30s. He was wearing a dark mask, a dark coloured hooded top, light coloured tracksuit trousers and blue trainers.
PC Pavan Sandhu, from Bexley police, said: "This is a shocking incident that has left the victim very traumatised after his ordeal.
"We are keen to identify the two men in the CCTV footage so we can speak to them about the incident. We would also urge anyone who witnessed the incident to contact us."
Anyone with information or any witnesses are urged to call police on 020 8284 9116, via 101 or on Twitter @MetCC
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