Attacks on animals with catapult investigated

A teenage boy was searched but a catapult was not found, police said

A teenager has reportedly been using a catapult to hurt animals on a waterway, police said.

Officers were called to Bridge Street, Evesham, Worcestershire, on Tuesday afternoon following the reports anti-social behaviour.

A teenage boy was found and searched but no catapult was found, a force spokesperson said.

PC Lee Baker said they were keen to speak to a teenage boy who was seen wearing a neon pink T-shirt and added that extra patrols would be carried out in the area.