A TRAIN passenger was smashed over the head with a glass bottle after asking a thug to put on a face mask and stop playing loud music.
Cops are hunting the yob after the shocking attack on the train from London St Pancras to Ramsgate in Kent.
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British Transport Police have released a CCTV image of the suspect and are asking anyone who knows the man to get in touch Credit: British Transport Police
British Transport Police (BTP) said the victim approached a man on board to ask why he was being anti-social, playing loud music, and not paying attention to Covid rules.
The man turned his music off, put on a mask and walked away from the victim after being told off.
When both men left the service at Canterbury West and entered the car park, the man picked up a bottle and bashed the victim on the back of the head with it before running off.
Detectives have now issued a CCTV image of the suspect.
A BTP spokesman said: "The victim required medical treatment to a large cut on the back of his head.
"Officers believe the man in the CCTV image may have information which could help their investigation."
Officers are asking anyone who knows the man in the CCTV image to get in touch with British Transport Police.
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Wearing a face mask when travelling by train or other public transport is compulsory barring those people with exemptions.
Anyone that is not exempt from wearing a face covering can get a ￡6,400 fine from the police or Transport for London enforcement officers.