An attack on an elderly man on the Kapiti Coast is being described as brutal by police.
The 87-year-old confronted a group of teenagers who were jumping in bushes at the front of his Waikanae Beach property on the weekend.
He asked them to move along, but one of the youths verbally abused then struck him, pushing him off-balance.
Detective Mike Stone said the man had been shoved into the ground hitting his face on the road.
"He fractured his cheekbone, had deep lacerations to his forehead and extensive bruising to his face and arms,'' said Mr Stone.
