Police found a man who had collapsed on Ampthill Road, Bedford, outside Coral Bookmakers on Sunday evening around 5:30pm.
He told officers he’d been assaulted on Millbrook Road but managed to get to Ampthill Road. Police spotted him as they drove past. He said two men assaulted him then ran off.
An ambulance attended and treated the man but his injuries were not thought to have been serious.
Sergeant Victoria Cunningham said: “Enquiries into this incident are ongoing, and we’re keen to find the people responsible for the assault. I am urging anyone who was in either Millbrook Road or Ampthill Road between 5pm and 5.30pm on the afternoon of the incident to cast their minds back – did you see anything suspicious, or anyone leaving the area in a hurry?”
Anyone with any information is asked to call 101 quoting reference number 40/2594/19.
Alternatively you can report any information online at www.bedfordshire.police.uk/report or by calling Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
