Two men have been sprayed with a noxious substance at a cash machine in North High Street Musselburgh between 7.15pm and 7.40pm on Saturday evening.
Police Scotland said both suffered minor injuries to their faces and eyes and were taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Detective Gavin Morrison of Dalkeith CID said: “This was a vicious attack on these two men which resulted in them having treatment for injuries to their faces and eyes.
“We are keen to hear from anyone who saw them around the time of this attack and who may have information about their attacker that can help us with our inquiries.”
The injured men are described as being white and around 35 years old. One of them is of medium build, 5ft 9in tall with short brown hair. He was wearing as dark blue and white top with grey trousers.
The second man is 5ft 8in tall and was wearing a black top. No description is available of the attacker.
Anyone with information can contact officers by calling 101 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
