Teen attacked while jogging in West Auckland park

Police are investigating after a teenager was brutally beaten by four men in West Auckland while out for a run.

As the abused teenager begins his recovery, his mother has revealed that she is now considering moving her family out of Auckland.

Louise Williams says her 17-year-old son is traumatized after the random attack that left him at Middlemore Hospital with more than 40 stitches to his face and dental work.

At about 1 p.m. Thursday, Williams’ son called to say he was going to run, but 10 minutes later he called again.

“[He was] screaming and crying [that] he had been beaten up in the local park. I just took off and ran. “

The group attacked the boy from behind while running at Spargo Reserve in Massey.

Now the single mother of four is warning other parents in the area to watch out for their children.

“It could have been anyone’s son. When I step out of my driveway, I look at the high school boys and I think they are walking home innocently, are they going to pick up one of them on the side of the road and them?”

He said he had never heard of anything like this happen in his 46 years living in the area.

“I’m furious. He’s a good boy,” she said.

“It was just a random attack. He goes to a good school. They are obviously just [travelling] around attacking young people for no reason. “

Williams is thinking of packing up her life in Auckland and moving out of the city.

“I spoke to my partner in Christchurch. I’m thinking of packing up my kids and leaving. There is nothing here. They are not safe.”

The teenage victim says the attack came “out of nowhere.”

“I was shocked and in pain, really,” he said.

“I didn’t know them, I didn’t see them.”

He said the attack lasted between three and five minutes.

He didn’t see any of his attackers, but he could hear that a woman was trying to help him.

The woman left after feeling insecure, she said.

He spent a night recovering at Middlemore Hospital, where he received more than 40 stitches in his upper lip and mouth.

Williams said she could still see the attackers’ shoe prints from where they had trampled her son’s hands.

Now she is asking for information and any witnesses, including the woman who tried to help her son.

“I’d like to thank the lady for at least trying to help. I’d love to find her. I’d have a description. She was scared, so she left, which is totally understandable. Four against one is not a good thing.”

The police would also like to speak with the woman and urge any other witnesses to contact them at 105, quoting the file number 201023/8330.

Waitematā Police Acting Sergeant Major Greg Wilson said investigations into the case were ongoing.

“We want to reassure the victim and the community that we are doing everything possible to locate the aggressors,” he said.

“We believe that there are people who witnessed what happened and may have vital information that can help us identify and locate the offenders.”

Williams said he will knock on the door to find more potential witnesses.