A FORMER England cricket captain and a Bradford rugby league star have both slammed those responsible for a violent attack on a young boy.

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Bradford rugby league legend Leon Pryce, a former Great Britain, England and Bradford Bulls star, took to his twitter account to lambast the shocking scenes in the video, which shows a boy being repeatedly kicked in the head after he was dragged off his bike in City Park.

He posted: "I don’t usually post this kind of stuff but it’s in my city centre. Absolutely disgusting. I hope they find all the people responsible and lock them up..... Why do people just stand by and watch??? DISGUSTING"

Michael Vaughan, the former England cricket captain, added: "This is absolutely disgusting .. Surely these people need to found & charged .. & what's the security doing!???????????"