A 25-year-old man was taken to hospital after being attacked by a gang around 10.55pm on Hogmanay in Delta Drive, Musselburgh.
The victim was taken from the scene in a car but later traced.
He was then conveyed to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with serious head and facial injuries.
Chief inspector Paul Batten said: “This was a large scale attack which has left a man in hospital with serious head and facial injuries. “Anyone who heard or witnessed the incident is asked to get in touch so we can identify those responsible for this assault.”
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.
