IF, as witnesses say, some of the violent thugs who brutally assaulted shopkeeper Amo Singh are indeed from Dursley, that means there are members of our community who know the identity of the attackers.

If that is the case, we at the Gazette urge them to contact the police and provide names.

Whatever the circumstances leading up to the assault, the attack was indefensible. Amo was hit by a car and then run over and beaten while he lay on the ground. He’s lucky to be alive.

There is absolutely no justification for such a brutal gang attack, and it is shocking to think that the culprits are from Dursley.

Talk on social media suggests that many local people know who carried out the attacks. If true, they have a duty to do the right thing and speak up.

If you are one of those who knows the identity of the attackers, ask yourself how you’d feel if it was your father, son or brother they had almost killed.

Anyone who has the capacity to do what these thugs did to Amo deserves to be behind bars.